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17-04-2010, 10:00 PM
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| | | What the h**l was this???
Hi all,
first time poster here looking for some identification assistance please.
We are keen garden birdwatchers and actively identify new birds that appear. However today we are stumped and have checked our books, RSPB site etc but can't find it. Please excuse our terminology!!
it was perched on the fence and it was grey all over bar some White stripes/crescents which could have been on the wings. It was quite short knecked and was bigger than a thrush but smaller than a woodpigeon. The final thing was what was on it's head. It was like a topnotch which if you imagine a pea on a piece of string pertruding upwards with a forward droop.
Any thoughts? It has crossed our mind that Chester Zoo is only 15 miles from us and I did get pretty close before it's call made me stop and look up. Sounded like it was saying "who"!!
Thanks in advance |
17-04-2010, 10:14 PM
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| | | Re: What the h**l was this???
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Originally Posted by The Woodman  | Thanks for the fast response!!
I see where you are coming from with the topnotch but it was tighter with a small pea like bobble on the end. It was a light grey as well |
17-04-2010, 10:26 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: On the southern boundary of the Lake District National Park.
Posts: 4,565
| | | Re: What the h**l was this???
It sounds like one of the Quails to me with that desciption of the topknot. 
Many different species are kept in captivity and do escape from time to time. |
18-04-2010, 09:02 AM
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| | | Re: What the h**l was this???
Thanks- will go and have a look at photo's now to see if we can spot it.
Holds with the zoo theory
Bob |
18-04-2010, 02:54 PM
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| | | Re: What the h**l was this???
Well,after looking at some photographs of quails we found Quail Animals Rule
and it is a femail Californian quail
Thanks for the help and what a great site you have here
Cheers
Bob |
18-04-2010, 05:55 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: On the southern boundary of the Lake District National Park.
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| | | Re: What the h**l was this???
Glad you got there in the end, Bob!
I hope you continue to enjoy WAB. | | |
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