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28-07-2009, 07:22 PM
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| |  Juvenile moorhen in garden
I've just joined because have been trying to identify a bird that has visited our garden today and is now sitting in one of our trees. My initial thoughts were that it looked like a moorhen but the wrong colour and no red. It's dark brown with white flashes cutting across its body, lengthwise, long legs and big feet. After a bit of searching, I am almost covinced it is a juvenile moorhen. We live about half a mile from the river mersey in a manchester suburb. Do you think my identification is right...and if so, will it be OK, alone and away from the water (apart from the rain!!)? |
28-07-2009, 07:26 PM
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| | | Re: Juvenile moorhen in garden
Can you get a photo? Are you sure there are no large ponds? marshes? streams etc close by? |
28-07-2009, 07:28 PM
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| | | Re: Juvenile moorhen in garden
Hi Sally and a warm welcome to WAB. Have you tried looking in the WAB bird Gallery to help with ID. It sounds like a Moorhen to me but a photograph would have helped 
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28-07-2009, 07:30 PM
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| | | Re: Juvenile moorhen in garden
I've got photos, I'll get them onto the computer now! |
28-07-2009, 07:43 PM
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| | | Re: Juvenile moorhen in garden
Here is a picture. |
28-07-2009, 07:53 PM
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| | | Re: Juvenile moorhen in garden
Yes definately a Juvenile moorhen. |
28-07-2009, 08:01 PM
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| | | Re: Juvenile moorhen in garden
OK thanks. Will it find its way home? |
28-07-2009, 08:03 PM
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| | | Re: Juvenile moorhen in garden
Yes it should do. Its not injured or anything is it? is your garden open? |
28-07-2009, 08:04 PM
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| | | Re: Juvenile moorhen in garden
Just popped on to say hi  |
28-07-2009, 08:09 PM
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| | | Re: Juvenile moorhen in garden
Well thinking about it, it obviously can fly bacause it's sitting high in the tree and it was walking around well today. | | | |
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