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Monday 23rd June 2003, 19:50
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bird with red beak.
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Was looking out of my kitchen window today and spotted a bird with a red beak. It was larger than a female blackbird,but was similar in colouring, but its feathers looked more ruffled.Got my bins out and various books but i,m stumped! Any ideas anyone? Christine  |
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Monday 23rd June 2003, 20:03
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It had probably been eating red berries?
How much larger than a female blackbird was it?
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Monday 23rd June 2003, 20:18
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Time to check the cagebird books for potential escapes, I suspect. Particularly if the beak was bright red.
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Monday 23rd June 2003, 21:47
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Well it was about twice the size of a blackbird,i hadn't thought
it may have been caused by a meal! Beak was bright crimson,seemed quite content to sit in the tree despite the infernal drilling that was going on right behind it! It disappeared into some undergrowth and that was the last i saw of it. Christine.
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Monday 23rd June 2003, 22:20
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Waht shape was the bill?
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Tuesday 24th June 2003, 07:31
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Christine,
Did you notice the colour of its legs?
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Tuesday 24th June 2003, 10:18
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Colin, I know where you are going. It would be a first for London wouldn't it if it was a Chough?
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Tuesday 24th June 2003, 10:31
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There was one reported in Bucks? in other day
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Tuesday 24th June 2003, 10:55
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'Twas reported as being brown, not black . . . sorry, Steve!
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Tuesday 24th June 2003, 13:28
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So it was. Thanks Michael.
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Tuesday 24th June 2003, 14:56
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Any chance that the bill had a yellow tip? Moorhens sometimes sit in trees and confuse people. Any water nearby?
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Tuesday 24th June 2003, 15:19
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Good thinking, Graham, I'd guess that's a very good candidate
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Tuesday 24th June 2003, 16:49
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Hi everyone,
Its legs were a sort of light brown in colour,its beak pretty much the same as a blackbird. It sat with its beak open for a while. And yes hampstead ponds are not too far away i guess. So probably a rather large female Blackbird that had just scoffed a load of berries then!! Christine.
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