I said it was a dubious claim.CJW said:Probably a bird. Wouldn't like to commit on the species!
We're getting closer it is a passerine but not a robin and, as you can tell, not quite so cooperative when it comes to posing as a robin.Fifebirder said:It's definitely a Robin. Well maybe. A passerine I would say at least.
Well technically "passerine" has narrowed down the previous guess of "bird" and no I'm not setting my standards too high I doubt I'd get closer than passerine if I didn't already know what it was. With so many good pictures of difficult to identify birds on here I thought it might be fun to see how people did with a terrible view of a, relatively, easy bird which I find a much more common problem.Jos Stratford said:Narrowing it to a passerine is getting closer? Good to see you not setting your standards too high
That's the spirit but no not a redstart.Gerry Hooper said:It looks like a Redstart if I stand in another room and squint a lot.
I wondered when someone would spot the vegetation. Reed warbler was the next shot on the film and at least a little better.alan_rymer said:Reed Warbler?. Are those Phragmites?.
As I thought. If you ignore the fact that it looks like a robin, spot that it's in reeds and someone tells you it's not a reed warbler it's obviously a Cetti's warbler.Jos Stratford said:Not a Cetti's Warbler?