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10-03-2008, 10:50 PM
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| | | ID please little brown bird
Sorry not at all sure of this one. First is female and second is male  
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10-03-2008, 11:02 PM
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| | | Re: ID please little brown bird
I could easily be wrong Barbara but they both look like female Reed Buntings to me
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10-03-2008, 11:06 PM
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| | | Re: ID please little brown bird
I was assuming male and female because of the different coloured chest.
My daughter thought the redder one looked as if it had been injured.
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10-03-2008, 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Bub-les  I was assuming male and female because of the different coloured chest.
My daughter thought the redder one looked as if it had been injured.
Barbara | You've got me doubting now Barbara if the second one at any rate is a Redpoll, but I thought the beak was a little too stubby for a Redpoll.
Think we need an expert here which I certainly aren't
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10-03-2008, 11:27 PM
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| | | Re: ID please little brown bird
I'm inclined towards Linnets myself, the first being a juv. male moulting into breeding plumage, the second a juv. female. Can't be 100% sure without seeing the wings though. Some info on habitat would be helpful 
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10-03-2008, 11:28 PM
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I dont think they're female reed buntings, with which im familiar. Im no expert but linnet or redpoll sprung to mind. And looking in the Hume RSPB book it looks like a female linnet on top and a male in winter (or perhaps maturing) plumage. But I fairly sure I know less about birds than Ollie!
EDIT: Turniops posted between me looking and posting
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10-03-2008, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Tursiops2 I'm inclined towards Linnets myself, the first being a juv. male moulting into breeding plumage, the second a juv. female. Can't be 100% sure without seeing the wings though. Some info on habitat would be helpful
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sorry, got them in the wrong order
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10-03-2008, 11:36 PM
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They were perched in some ash scrub on the seaward side of a quiet country road. The sea is behind them. In front on the other side of the road are open fields, largely grass I think. Less than 1/2 mile away are houses with gardens.
Hope that helps.
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10-03-2008, 11:40 PM
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| | | Re: ID please little brown bird
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Originally Posted by Tursiops2 I'm inclined towards Linnets myself, the first being a juv. male moulting into breeding plumage, the second a juv. female. Can't be 100% sure without seeing the wings though. Some info on habitat would be helpful
T2 | im inclined towards linnet second bird male showing the red breast feathers coming through |
10-03-2008, 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Bub-les They were perched in some ash scrub on the seaward side of a quiet country road. The sea is behind them. In front on the other side of the road are open fields, largely grass I think. Less than 1/2 mile away are houses with gardens.
Hope that helps.
Barbara | Thanks Barbara
That sounds like pretty typical Linnet habitat; you'd expect to find Redpolls in more heavily wooded areas.
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