Spotted Flycatcher

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  KC Foggin

• Jun 25, 2020

A beautifully, detailed closeup of this Flycatcher Malcolm!!!

 

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  Sue and Simon Wakely

• Jun 25, 2020

Lovely Image Of This Beautiful Juvenile Starling Malcolm, Well Done Tfs!!!
All The Best
Sue & Simon,

 

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  Kits

• Jun 25, 2020

Lovely lighting and detail, Malcolm.

 

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  delia todd

• Jun 25, 2020

Mmmm.... it's a juvenile Starling you have here Malcolm.

A cracking picture you've got of him too. Very well done lad.

 

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  Malcolm Webb

• Jun 25, 2020

I know a couple have said its a juvenile starling, but I watched it for about 10 minutes flying out from the top of the tree at regular intervals, catching flies and coming back to the same spot. Not what I thought of as starling behaviour, but certainly flycatcher like. Any further thoughts please.

 

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  delia todd

• Jun 25, 2020

Hi Malcolm Compare the much longer bill with the picture of a Spotted Flycatcher in The Opus: https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Spotted_Flycatcher ...

....also note the steeper forehead and the little streaky spots there and on the upper breast. It's a much smaller bird, smaller than a House Sparrow.

I have loads of these young Starlings in the garden here just now.