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please help id winter Texas coast (1 Viewer)
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KenM
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It’s an insectivore ie…feeds on insects.
At the moment I’m struggling, seeing a similarity to an Old World Ficedula parva….which of course it can’t be 😮😮😮
So unless I’m completely missing a trick (not unknown) and or can you supply more images?, it does look “interesting!”
Am now thinking it’s an Eastern Bluebird!
Cheers
At the moment I’m struggling, seeing a similarity to an Old World Ficedula parva….which of course it can’t be 😮😮😮
So unless I’m completely missing a trick (not unknown) and or can you supply more images?, it does look “interesting!”
Am now thinking it’s an Eastern Bluebird!
Cheers
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Could you give the date, please? - at least the month. Thanks.
Has a flycatcher look, but seems not to be. Presumably a Catharus thrush, and (I assume) the only one that should be there in winter (depending on the actual date) would be hermit thrush - though I don't see any features that would identify it as one.
There are no features that would make it a bluebird.
Has a flycatcher look, but seems not to be. Presumably a Catharus thrush, and (I assume) the only one that should be there in winter (depending on the actual date) would be hermit thrush - though I don't see any features that would identify it as one.
There are no features that would make it a bluebird.
KenM
Well-known member
I took my cue from the (probable reflected light, warm buff to the flanks, and the apparent non streaking to the breast).
The only Thrush at this time should be Hermit, which normally has bold streaks/splotches to the chest also flesh coloured legs which this doesn’t appear to have?
Upon blow up and closer inspection, it does appear to have “faint” spotting to the breast which I will ascribe to an overexposed part of image, thus Hermit Thrush is most likely.
Cheers
The only Thrush at this time should be Hermit, which normally has bold streaks/splotches to the chest also flesh coloured legs which this doesn’t appear to have?
Upon blow up and closer inspection, it does appear to have “faint” spotting to the breast which I will ascribe to an overexposed part of image, thus Hermit Thrush is most likely.
Cheers
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nartreb
Speak softly and carry a long lens
Tough one. Depending how I adjust my screen, the eye ring seems rather yellow (and extends along the lore - not typical for hermit thrush), and the base of the bill seems downright red. But I can wave those away as photo artifacts. The low visibility of breast spots is really not a problem from this angle, considering the blurriness of the shot. You need a more frontal view for the spots to be obvious, especially on a fluffed-up bird in winter. Overall shape is fine for hermit thrush, and dark feet are not that unusual. So it could well be a hermit thrush, and I can't think of any better candidate. Maybe swainson's thrush, if that's possible for this time and location - just because the lores look a little yellow/buffy on my screen.
Deans Sanctuary
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Crown and or beak says Swallow or Swift...best place to start.
Welsh Peregrine
Well-known member
Certainly not, Swifts never perch like this, and equally this is not a swallow bill.
