Reed Bunting - York, 13 March 2017 (1 Viewer)

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Macaw16

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• Mar 14, 2017

• #1

This bird has been hanging around in my garden for a few days and looks like a Reed Bunting (to me), except it has a brown crown...

 

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AllanM

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• Mar 14, 2017

• #2

It's a male attaining breeding plumage

 

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Jonathan Mitchell

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• Mar 14, 2017

• #3

Yes, it's a Reed Bunting.

 

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Macaw16

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• Mar 14, 2017

• #4

Thanks, I was pretty sure it was one, I just hadn't seen one with a brown crown detailed anywhere.

 

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Welsh Peregrine

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• Mar 15, 2017

• #5

Reed Buntings are one of many species which develop full breeding plumage by the ends of the feathers wearing away, so the fresh crown feather is brown at the tip, and then black lower down.