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Old 06-11-2009, 05:14 PM
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Re: Bird ID again

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Originally Posted by richnfamous View Post
Sounds like a female redstart to me - could it be one at this time of year?
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Would be a couple of months late (as mentioned earlier, they winter in Africa) but not impossible, there's usually a few hanging around still first few weeks of October but most migrate in September.

could you have had brief views of a Grey partridge? (Bigger than a Thrush but size can be hard to judge accurately in the field)
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