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16-05-2010, 09:11 PM
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| | | Unusual Wagtail
There are plenty of Yellow Wagtails on my patch right now.
This afternoon I saw a bird that looked exactly like a Yellow Wagtail but it had a blue/grey head.
Any Ideas?
I didn't manage a pic but will keep my eyes open, maybe next time. |
16-05-2010, 09:34 PM
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| | | Re: Unusual Wagtail
considering how rare yellow wags are in the first place i'd be happy with one of em, but it sounds like you have a yellow wag.
yellow wagtails have about 12 different races of them the main difference being in the head.
best idea is dig through your collins till you find one that fits then stick it on bird guides a grey headed would pull in a few twitchers |
17-05-2010, 04:32 AM
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| | | Re: Unusual Wagtail
Maybe a Blue-headed- quite a few going through at the moment. |
17-05-2010, 05:34 AM
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| | | Re: Unusual Wagtail
Are you sure its not a Grey Wagtail? They are yellow chested with grey on head.
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17-05-2010, 06:27 AM
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| | | Re: Unusual Wagtail
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Originally Posted by captaincarot  yellow wagtails have about 12 different races of them the main difference being in the head. | Yeah, there are quite a few listed in the Collins book. It seems like Britian's supspecies is very unusual in having a yellow head - almost all of the others are blue. Wikipedia has some descriptions and pictures. |
17-05-2010, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 Maybe a Blue-headed- quite a few going through at the moment. | Or even a 'channel' (again, see Wikipedia).
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17-05-2010, 03:14 PM
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| | | Re: Unusual Wagtail
Thank you all for your replies. I did see one of the little guys again today and managed to get a quick shot of him.
Hope it helps.  |
17-05-2010, 03:23 PM
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Sorry, I meant to put up a pic of the normal one's I see for a comparison.  |
17-05-2010, 03:55 PM
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| | | Re: Unusual Wagtail
Great shots as always. Looks like a Blue-headed wagtail to me.
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17-05-2010, 04:02 PM
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| | | Re: Unusual Wagtail
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Originally Posted by snake Thank you all for your replies. I did see one of the little guys again today and managed to get a quick shot of him.
Hope it helps. | Yellow for me they can have blue heads and the blue is a lot more slender in body.
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