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21-12-2009, 01:38 PM
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| | | Please ID Wagtail
This has become a regular to our garden - it looks like a pied wagtail but has a yellow face.
Not being a great expert on wagtails (apart from the grey) I'd like some confirmation if it's a variation of a pied wagtail.
The robin hates him.
Sorry about the poor photo - the light wasn't good and they're very twitchy.
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21-12-2009, 01:44 PM
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| | | Re: Please ID Wagtail
It is a Pied Wagtail to me, Acher.  |
21-12-2009, 01:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason Claxton  It is a Pied Wagtail to me, Acher. | Do they have yellow faces sometimes, then? It is quite yellow.
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21-12-2009, 01:55 PM
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| | | Re: Please ID Wagtail
My mum always said never to eat yellow snow.Perhaps he didn't listen  |
21-12-2009, 02:00 PM
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1st winter birds will have some yellow in the face Acher,but this an adult.Maybe it is a result of yellow snow. |
21-12-2009, 02:05 PM
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| | | Re: Please ID Wagtail
The yellow could be stains/dirt from where its been feeding and got mud on its face. Ive seen it on swans and other birds with white plumage |
21-12-2009, 04:19 PM
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agree, that looks a like staining from what its been pecking at, nice pics too.
Juvs and first yr birds show yellow, this is adult |
21-12-2009, 04:31 PM
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could be fat froma fat ball perhaps, though i'm not sure they go for fatballs, insect eaters aren't they.
oh yeah - the photos are actually really nice IMO, he looks great in the snow! |
21-12-2009, 05:09 PM
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| | | Re: Please ID Wagtail
Looks like a non-breeding male Pied... |
21-12-2009, 10:32 PM
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| | | Re: Please ID Wagtail
Thanks all! I don't think I'd fancy 'yellow' snow either 
But --- he's had a yellow face from before the snow.
I found this though earlier on - Pied Wagtails: All birds have a black crown, generally sharply demarcated from the white/yellowish forehead. The vast majority also have the pure black extending back onto the nape, with the exception of a few females that have some dark grey edges to these feathers. The face is almost always mainly white, extending down the chin and throat. Some have a lemon yellow wash over this white, which tends to be uniform.
From this paper - http://www.the-soc.org.uk/docs/white-wagtail-id.pdf
So perhaps it is just a bit of a variant?
I just typed in 'pied wagtail yellow face' and this popped up! It's just 2 below this WAB post in the google list!
Thanks again for the help and (very) kind comments re the photo.
Acher
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