[christineredgate]

This bird has been feeding over on our holiday home site.The photo was taken,by Avril,who spotted the bird on her feeders.We wondered if perhaps this was the Canadian Yellow Browed Warbler(have I got that right),which was mentioned on Autumn Watch,as having been spotted in Ireland,obviously blown off its usual migration path due to the high Atlantic storms.
Avril very kindly e-mailed me this photo to post,but this afternoon/tommorrow if the weather holds ,I will see if I can take another shot.I have not seen the bird myself,but has been visiting the feeders for around a week now.
thanks.
Christine

[jeff]

Originally Posted by christineredgate

This bird has been feeding over on our holiday home site.The photo was taken,by Avril,who spotted the bird on her feeders.We wondered if perhaps this was the Canadian Yellow Browed Warbler(have I got that right),which was mentioned on Autumn Watch,as having been spotted in Ireland,obviously blown off its usual migration path due to the high Atlantic storms.
Avril very kindly e-mailed me this photo to post,but this afternoon/tommorrow if the weather holds ,I will see if I can take another shot.I have not seen the bird myself,but has been visiting the feeders for around a week now.
thanks.
Christine

First shot would be nice ;-)

[colonelboris]

Originally Posted by christineredgate

This bird has been feeding over on our holiday home site.The photo was taken,by Avril,who spotted the bird on her feeders.We wondered if perhaps this was the Canadian Yellow Browed Warbler(have I got that right),which was mentioned on Autumn Watch,as having been spotted in Ireland,obviously blown off its usual migration path due to the high Atlantic storms.
Avril very kindly e-mailed me this photo to post,but this afternoon/tommorrow if the weather holds ,I will see if I can take another shot.I have not seen the bird myself,but has been visiting the feeders for around a week now.
thanks.
Christine

me no see no picture...

[christineredgate]

Sorry,image now posted.

[Andrew Whitehouse]

It looks like a Serinus mozambicus/ Green-singing Finch/ Yellow-fronted Canary (it has various names!). This would be an escaped cage bird.

[Stephen Dunstan]

Christine,

Where is this by the way?

Stephen.

[Frenchy]

Second Yellow-fronted canary. There are not many warblers that feed from seed hoppers Christine.

[martinf]

Yellow-fronted Canary. A commonly kept cage bird and commonly seen escape

[christineredgate]

Originally Posted by Stephen Dunstan

Christine,

Where is this by the way?

Stephen.

Stephen,the bird was seen feeding on both peanuts and seed on a feeder outside this lady's(Avril) mobile home on the Port Haverigg Holiday village.I was given the photo by the site owners 90yr old mother.Everyone seemed quite convinced it was the Canadian bird,even a chap who is a very experienced bird watcher said he thought it was.
But thanks everyone for the ID.The site owner is going to be a little miffed,he was expecting hordes of birding folks,and was hoping to sell everyone Sunday lunch at his pub!!!!

[dbradnum]

Originally Posted by christineredgate

Everyone seemed quite convinced it was the Canadian bird,even a chap who is a very experienced bird watcher said he thought it was.

Good grief! This is perhaps a cautionary example of the difference between experience and knowledge...

[christineredgate]

Originally Posted by dbradnum

Good grief! This is perhaps a cautionary example of the difference between experience and knowledge...

David,may I hasten to add here,that I myself did not have a go at id,ing this bird,I did not have time,I just saw the photo,and spoke to the lady who took the shot.Later I saw the site owner(who is not a birder ,as such) and he told me who else had tried to id the shot,inc a guy who always knows "every bird" as it were.
But having said this,I did have a very brief look at the Collins book,and there are so many Yellow birds or birds with Yellow markings in their plumage.Also,Averil,the lady who saw the bird and took the shot,she did say,that due to the birds size etc,she really was not sure,which is why I came to the experts But ,yes,David,I do see your point,and how easily these mistakes can be made.At this moment in time ,it is halfway around the village that we may have had a rarity!!!.

[Birdspotter]

Originally Posted by christineredgate

I do see your point,and how easily these mistakes can be made.At this moment in time ,it is halfway around the village that we may have had a rarity!!!.

And the other half are saying " Na Na its duff, its just an escape"

[christineredgate]

I have phoned the guy,who thought it was the rarity,he still was not convinced,I did say that at least 6 people had given a positive ID,so his bubble has burst.Poor chap,he did sound very disappointed.

Averil, who took the photo,spent all afternoon watching the feeder,but it did not return.

[rb_stern]

Hi,

I think the correct name for the bird you would like it to be (but isn't!) is the Canada warbler, Wilsonia canadensis - in the same family as Wilson's and Hooded warblers. It's a widespread bird across southern Canada, but hard to find because of its skulking habits.

Richard

[christineredgate]

I think the bird everyone was hoping it would be ,was the one which was mentioned on "Autumn Watch",tv prog,which had been spotted in Ireland.Obviously blown of course due to the high Atlantic storms.

[tomjenner]

Here is a photo of a Canada Warbler.

Tom

[christineredgate]

Tom,many thanks.I have copied the image and will show a copy to the guy who spread the info that the bird he saw was this one. (this species) Everyone believed him as he has spent time in Canada and America.
There really is no comparison between the 2.
thanks again,Tom for posting this lovely shot.

[AmpelisChinito]

Originally Posted by johnrobinson

Christine
It is a green Singing Finch. female. I keep these birds and bred them last year in a large outside aviary.
Cheers
John

Heh, any chance you had some escapees?

[christineredgate]

Thanks,John.