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50% correct, Jason
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There's a sort of 'witty'(!) clue in the thread title
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Adey Baker
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Yes, no need to give up - you've got it!
I suppose everyone's gone to bed, now - I'm off soon.
The 'witty' bit was in the try these for 'SIZE' i.e. the big image of the bird in photo 2 was the diminutive Firecrest, whilst the tiny image was the 'Great' Reed Warbler.
Both taken in Italy - one of the parent Firecrests (at Riva del Garda) was hovering just a few feet away from me catching insects without any concern.
The GRW was at Sirmione and, typically with this species, I first heard it singing and assumed that it was in the bushes in front of me, rather than down at the water's edge - I still had to wait to see its beak moving as it sang just to be sure!
I suppose everyone's gone to bed, now - I'm off soon.
The 'witty' bit was in the try these for 'SIZE' i.e. the big image of the bird in photo 2 was the diminutive Firecrest, whilst the tiny image was the 'Great' Reed Warbler.
Both taken in Italy - one of the parent Firecrests (at Riva del Garda) was hovering just a few feet away from me catching insects without any concern.
The GRW was at Sirmione and, typically with this species, I first heard it singing and assumed that it was in the bushes in front of me, rather than down at the water's edge - I still had to wait to see its beak moving as it sang just to be sure!
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Adey Baker
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The only one I'd seen before this was at Cley a few years ago - that was singing with a rhythm that reminded me of the old song 'Sugar in the morning, sugar in the evening!'
We've been to Lake Garda for three years, now and there's not that many warblers around - even for a less than ideal time of July. Plenty of Blackcaps, but that's about it.
Firecrests are usually fairly straight forward. And Serins are very common but there's a few gaps in the avifauna that you'd expect to see - or perhaps I've just not been in the right area. Considering how many lizards I've seen, I'm amazed that I haven't seen at least one Shrike.
We've been to Lake Garda for three years, now and there's not that many warblers around - even for a less than ideal time of July. Plenty of Blackcaps, but that's about it.
Firecrests are usually fairly straight forward. And Serins are very common but there's a few gaps in the avifauna that you'd expect to see - or perhaps I've just not been in the right area. Considering how many lizards I've seen, I'm amazed that I haven't seen at least one Shrike.
