Mark Batten
Well-known member
Very common in 1968. Most if not all recent claims have been starlings...
Your Pied Fly looks similar to the one I found on B Point last week. I presumed it was some kind of immature plumage but on discussing the bird with JMc today he said it was more likely a 'Brown' Pied F plumage that is more common in Poland/E Europe...
Do you think this is the case with this bird?
Anyone who muddles up starlings with nutcrackers needs to clean their bins. Size , flight and gait are all very different. And yes Kerin there was a 2010 bird on a private site where disturbance would have been a major problem.
But is it not either submitted or accepted. Not part of any record whatsoever. Three probable nutcrackers in the garden this am. They are about the same size as a blackbird?
...more likely a 'Brown' Pied F plumage that is more common in Poland/E Europe...
Sacha,
Just for general info, a brown male isn't actually a morph, just a bird that, for reasons probably more associated with an individual's genetic makeup or moult strategy, defers its black plumage until before the second return migration. Brown males can still breed, but how this difference might affect mate selection I don't know, although a theory may have been published.
MJB
Third year in a row!
Third year in a row!
Spent a nice morning ringing at Waxham catching mostly Willow Warblers and Whitethroats, a male Stonechat and a female Wheatear were the ringing highlights. Packed up at 11:00 we then went birding, north to Waxham Corner was very quiet but as we headed south of the Holiday Park picked up this rather nice Pallid Harrier and 2 ring ouzels. Pallid came low over area inside dunes then circled gaining height over the Holiday Park.
Later, Rush Hill Scrape was quiet, however this hepatic female cuckoo was a bonus.