Inglorous Bustard? Weymouth (1 Viewer)

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egret11

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• Nov 30, 2020

• #1

Just watching a pair of birds which appear to be inglorious bustards ( Gambian?) feeding on neighbours apple tree.
Presumably escapes from an aviary- wonder if anyone else has seen these and knows where they have come from

 

DMW

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• Nov 30, 2020

• #2

Umm... what?!

 

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egret11

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• Nov 30, 2020

• #3

DMW said:

Umm... what?!

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Yes a classic Gambian bird name! Also a classic tropical bird - dark and drab at first sight but in fact gloriously coloured when you look closely and vivid scarlet underwing when it flies.

 

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egret11

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• Nov 30, 2020

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JWN Andrewes

Poor Judge of Pasta.

• Nov 30, 2020

• #5

White-cheeked Turaco, an Ethiopian species so clearly an escape. Smart looking bird! But not a Bustard!

 

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James Lowther

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• Nov 30, 2020

• #6

This bird has been knocking around Weymouth for a few months now
Cheers
James

 

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egret11

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• Nov 30, 2020

• #7

There were certainly two and I think maybe three (unless one managed to sneak unseen across the garden into the garden next door)
With the dull overcast day and them keeping well within the canopy of the apple trees they were remarkably well camouflaged despite strident colours in the detail.