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25-05-2009, 06:29 PM
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| | | Re: Unidentified garden bird
A blackbird-possibly juvenile-for sure
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25-05-2009, 06:30 PM
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It's still a Blackbird! 
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25-05-2009, 06:33 PM
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Looks like it's me again then 
Thanks for all the replies
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25-05-2009, 06:50 PM
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The more speckled appearence I would have expected on the upper back and lesser and median coverts of a juvenile is more visible on these new pictures, especially on the third one. |
25-05-2009, 09:48 PM
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Nice pics Ian, and that is a great Gremlin you have in your garden! |
26-05-2009, 12:13 AM
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It's a young male Blackbird, I wonder if the strange noises that it made were begging calls?
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26-05-2009, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Pam_M  Nice pics Ian, and that is a great Gremlin you have in your garden! | That's no gremlin...that's one of the kids  |
26-05-2009, 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Tracey.A It's a young male Blackbird, I wonder if the strange noises that it made were begging calls?
Tracey | I still don't think it can be called as a male at this stage - I'm not saying this is wrong, it's just the tail feathers I don't think show enough contrast to call it. In the hand they can be difficult to sex at this time of year. | | | |
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