BillN
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Seen yesterday about 7pm – SW France – rear garden - Melodious Warbler?
On the border of our rear garden are quite a few Blackthorn trees. I heard the bird singing, listened for a while but could not see it as it was well hidden. I walked over and the bird stopped singing, after a while it flew out and landed on the overhead wires.
I have listened to Melodious Warblers song on the internet and to me it sounded like one. It sang for a while in quite long bursts with an extensive range and seemed to keep going and going. I also found a few images (on the internet) which looked very much like this bird.
Legs were pale - part of the greenish tinge in the image could be a slight reflection as the overhead wires are that colour.
There was only one bird - I could not get an image of it's back - it was a very pretty little bird
Big crop at ISO400 ....... taken at 7pm....... fading light
Hopefully it will be out there again today.
On the border of our rear garden are quite a few Blackthorn trees. I heard the bird singing, listened for a while but could not see it as it was well hidden. I walked over and the bird stopped singing, after a while it flew out and landed on the overhead wires.
I have listened to Melodious Warblers song on the internet and to me it sounded like one. It sang for a while in quite long bursts with an extensive range and seemed to keep going and going. I also found a few images (on the internet) which looked very much like this bird.
Legs were pale - part of the greenish tinge in the image could be a slight reflection as the overhead wires are that colour.
There was only one bird - I could not get an image of it's back - it was a very pretty little bird
Big crop at ISO400 ....... taken at 7pm....... fading light
Hopefully it will be out there again today.
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