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    Nottinghamshire UK - please help me identify a large bird.

    It was my first thought... what on earth is that bird carrying... but then if he was carrying something his friend was carrying the exact same object which is what made me look again. I suppose it's not impossible that they had found the same object.. but I tell you what, I'm going to be glued...
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    Nottinghamshire UK - please help me identify a large bird.

    Way WAY bigger than a parrot and the wings were jet black. In terms of size for a black bird it was more Raven... but it wasn't a Raven. I have seen those in the wild. (apart from anything, they don't have yellow heads!!) I'm starting to feel like I probably had gone slightly mad! But I...
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    Nottinghamshire UK - please help me identify a large bird.

    No... it was really quite a shocking yellow and the neck not so long.... it was that unusual I had a brief thought that they were toucans.... but then I realised they didn't have a great big beak. Still stumped... when I googled, the picture they looked most like was an American bird, the...
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    Nottinghamshire UK - please help me identify a large bird.

    Hmm, no, not that. I would have not paid attention to it, other than to register "bird of prey" sort of thought... but thank you for responding! Their wings were all black. They didn't appear to be brown anywhere. I'm stumped!
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    Nottinghamshire UK - please help me identify a large bird.

    I was looking out of my kitchen window earlier this afternoon and saw in the distance 2 large birds. I thought that one of them was carrying something yellow, and then I realised it's friend was also carrying something yellow so I worked out they had very yellow heads. Their bodies appeared to...
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