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help to identify again please !!! (1 Viewer)
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grahamarchy
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what other species were you thinking of that they could be?
what are the salient features of the birds and how do they match with wheatear?
remember to include country and location in the thread title- otherwise it is annoying.
jivelady
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New to this...........
A little harsh . Im a newbie guys but will seek to avoid ' annoying' people or posting a ' mess', in the future.
I will certainly have no problem remembering what a wheatear looks like.
:eek!:
Chill guys . Lifes about relaxing and enjoying birding
o
Thankyou for positive id of wheatears.
A little harsh . Im a newbie guys but will seek to avoid ' annoying' people or posting a ' mess', in the future.
I will certainly have no problem remembering what a wheatear looks like.
:eek!:
Chill guys . Lifes about relaxing and enjoying birding
o
Thankyou for positive id of wheatears.
Johann Sebastian Bach
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A little harsh . Im a newbie guys but will seek to avoid ' annoying' people or posting a ' mess', in the future.
I will certainly have no problem remembering what a wheatear looks like.
:eek!:
Chill guys . Lifes about relaxing and enjoying birding
o
Thankyou for positive id of wheatears.
Jivelady,
Please don't assume everyone on here will be so unwelcoming. Unfortunately, there's a sub-set of birders whose grasp of common civility is severely lacking. Their field markings include solitary behaviour (being unable to relate to others of their species) and a whining song which is directed to all who fail to live up their own standards.
As you say, chill!
Peter
P.S. it is the convention on here to include country and title in the thread description. (Even the god-like mods forget sometimes, though.)
Kingfisher21
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Wow, guys - sure a friendly tone is possible.
Welcome jivelady!
In the first photo, the bird on the left-hand side is not a wheatear so I'm not sure why you got a sarcastic comment - or did the experts not bother to look properly? Looks like a yellow wagtail to me. The other bird is indeed a wheatear.
Welcome jivelady!
In the first photo, the bird on the left-hand side is not a wheatear so I'm not sure why you got a sarcastic comment - or did the experts not bother to look properly? Looks like a yellow wagtail to me. The other bird is indeed a wheatear.
Kingfisher21
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That was my first thought but the bill looks a bit long and the yellow on the body not quite intense enough for a juvenile willow. Yellow wags often turn up in the same places as wheatears. Might be a trick of the light though so I'd be happy to accept it's a willow warbler - but certainly not a wheatear.
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TheBirdGarden
I don't have the money
A little harsh . Im a newbie guys but will seek to avoid ' annoying' people or posting a ' mess', in the future.
I will certainly have no problem remembering what a wheatear looks like.
:eek!:
Chill guys . Lifes about relaxing and enjoying birding
o
Don't take it too personally, I had a similar reception when I posted a thread for ID help when I first joined
jivelady
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chiff warb wag willow ???
Do these make life any easier ??? Dont think it was a chiffchaff as I would have heard its call. ( Chiffchaff call is one that I actually know - why cant they all have a call that says their name !!!!!!! )
Do these make life any easier ??? Dont think it was a chiffchaff as I would have heard its call. ( Chiffchaff call is one that I actually know - why cant they all have a call that says their name !!!!!!! )
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Kingfisher21
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Right, I'll admit defeat. It's a willow warbler. In these photos, it shows typical WW behaviour (hunting insects/spiders around cobwebs) and a yellow wag would have prominent wing bars and a stronger supercilium. Long primary projection (long wings, basically) make it a willow and not a chiffchaff.
BTW, chiffchaffs don't usually sing when you spot them somewhere, especially not on migration (plus there's also females and juveniles that don't sing anyway). They do however have a loud alarm/contact call that is easy to ID - willow warblers have slightly different one. Always a good idea to learn a bird's call as well as its song.
BTW, chiffchaffs don't usually sing when you spot them somewhere, especially not on migration (plus there's also females and juveniles that don't sing anyway). They do however have a loud alarm/contact call that is easy to ID - willow warblers have slightly different one. Always a good idea to learn a bird's call as well as its song.
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jivelady, welcome to birdforum!
I am not going to get involved in the id of these birds, but would like to express that I think a couple of posts could have been worded in a nicer way. Having said that, I do agree that it is an advantage if some indication of where the id question is going such as location is included in the title of the thread, but birdforum does not have a hard and fast rule that such an indication must be included.
Niels
I am not going to get involved in the id of these birds, but would like to express that I think a couple of posts could have been worded in a nicer way. Having said that, I do agree that it is an advantage if some indication of where the id question is going such as location is included in the title of the thread, but birdforum does not have a hard and fast rule that such an indication must be included.
Niels
Twite
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Indeed it does. |8||
Sticky. READ THIS BEFORE POSTING: Include Country and Location in title of your Thread Please
Think this may have arisen in the past....anyway, I wish there were forums for different continents. Europe, Americas, Asia and on. Sometimes the whole first page is taken up with non European id questions. However, I'm enough of a realist to accept that wishes don't come true :-C
Twite,
two answers: (1) the title you include has a "please" in it. (2) please read this thread and especially from post 7 onwards (and remember, Steve is the owner of Birdforum). So no, there is no hard and fast rule, but it is entirely ok to kindly ask that location be included next time.
Niels
two answers: (1) the title you include has a "please" in it. (2) please read this thread and especially from post 7 onwards (and remember, Steve is the owner of Birdforum). So no, there is no hard and fast rule, but it is entirely ok to kindly ask that location be included next time.
Niels
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It's a request, not an order!
And why pick on a newcomer, when there's plenty other well established members who 'forget'
This has been discussed many times, and the result has always been that the majority of members don't want any change.
jivelady
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A troublesome newbie !
What a debate I seem to have caused. For those that were unhappy that I didn't include location and country, note that I re-posted soon after with those details in the thread title.
Im a newbie guys who just needed a bit of encouragement and guidance.
Ive had a baptism of fire.... with also some kind encouragement and welcomes too.
Im a blonde.........
What a debate I seem to have caused. For those that were unhappy that I didn't include location and country, note that I re-posted soon after with those details in the thread title.
Im a newbie guys who just needed a bit of encouragement and guidance.
Ive had a baptism of fire.... with also some kind encouragement and welcomes too.
Im a blonde.........
Don't worry about it Helen. There's always one!
I could direct you to another thread ummm... something to do with Bitterns, if I remember right and I'm not blonde :-O
I could direct you to another thread ummm... something to do with Bitterns, if I remember right
and I'm not blonde :-O
