can you help identifying

[florrie]

I am not a birdwatcher and so need a bit of help here. Last week a bird stopped for 30 seconds or so on my window box. I've spent the last few days trying to find it using pictures on the internet and a bird book but all to no avail. It was medium-sized, like the size of a woodpecker, had blue wing feathers like a jay but no black in it at all - it had a white front and slightly mottled beige back. Any ideas? I will try to take a photo of it if it reappears.

[demicav]

Sounds a bit like a Nuthatch but I'm sure someone will have a more definate idea.

[kshotton45]

I'd agree with a Nuthatch.
Here's a Photo from the Gallery by Dan Salter, is this it ??



Keith.
That's a cracking photo Dan.

[ZooSi]

Wow that really is a stunning picture.

[florrie]

Hi
Yes, lovely photo but it was definitely not one of those. It was bigger, with a white breast and the blue was just a line like a jay. Soft beige back.
Thanks anyway.

[Lance Morgan]

Originally Posted by florrie

Hi
Yes, lovely photo but it was definitely not one of those. It was bigger, with a white breast and the blue was just a line like a jay. Soft beige back.
Thanks anyway.

Hi Florrie
I can't think of a bird with a blue line white breast and beige back. Size of a woodpecker!
Any other identifying features?
Where did you see it? urban, woods, garden?
What shape, beak, tail size? Thrush, crow etc

[LUPUS]

As it was on your window-box and sounds so unusual it sounds like someone may have left the cage door open and their pet has escaped.

[coasty]

The jays plumage is quite variable and it may have been an immature bird . As it flew away did you notice anything about its rump colour or its wing shape?

[epops]

sounds like an escapee to me some kind of mynah/ jay perhaps either that or a young jay as said earlier they can varie in colour a fair bit

[Cazzie]

You sure it's not a jay?



Only other bird I can think of is a male Redstart, but they wouldn't feed from feeders would they?