Blackbird sex&age ? N.Sweden (1 Viewer)

tarzzz

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• Oct 23, 2019

• #1

Hello.

Adult female or 1 cy male ? or 1 cy female ?

North of Sweden today.

Thanks

\surfan

 

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tconzemi

Tom

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• Oct 23, 2019

• #2

no pic Surfan

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Oct 23, 2019

• #3

tconzemi said:

no pic Surfan

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Pics there now - my guess would be 1st winter female :t:

 

tarzzz

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• Oct 23, 2019

• #4

Nutcracker said:

Pics there now - my guess would be 1st winter female :t:

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Yes, that sounds likely😁

Thanks.

 

CARERY

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• Oct 23, 2019

• #5

It's an adult female - more than one year old. All wing feathers one generation. 1cy birds would show a distinct moult limit in the greater coverts

 

tarzzz

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• Oct 24, 2019

• #6

CARERY said:

It's an adult female - more than one year old. All wing feathers one generation. 1cy birds would show a distinct moult limit in the greater coverts

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Thanks for the answer ! Not easy this ?

Now I have 3 answers, 1 cy male, 1 cy female and now your answer adult female. Hmmm...

 

rollingthunder

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• Oct 24, 2019

• #7

Adult female for me - aren’t Scandinavian birds darker?

Laurie -

 

tarzzz

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• Oct 24, 2019

• #8

rollingthunder said:

Adult female for me - aren’t Scandinavian birds darker?

Laurie -

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I don't know, but the adult male is REALLY black !

I'm in the really north, in Kiruna, and we don't have many blackbirds here. I see 1-3/year, so the experience is poor..