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03-09-2010, 07:50 PM
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| | | Bird id please?
Hello and nice to meet you. This is my first post.
I very recently discovered the joys of birdwatching.
I saw this fellow in Oxford, near my home, but I can't identify him/her. He/she was eating berries, if that's any help.
Any ideas?
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03-09-2010, 07:58 PM
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| | | Re: Bird id please?
blackbird, rossy, and a warm welcome hope you enjoy the forum. |
03-09-2010, 08:18 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Hemel Hempstead Herts
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| | | Re: Bird id please?
warm welcome , i would say a blackbird.. |
03-09-2010, 08:23 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: bristol
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| | | Re: Bird id please?
Yes its a female or young blackbird .Welcome  |
03-09-2010, 08:35 PM
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Posts: 18
| | | Re: Bird id please?
Thank you all for the answers and the welcome!
I thought blackbird too at first, but the colours seemed all wrong. I thought the beak was always orange... Well, I've still got a lot to learn  |
04-09-2010, 12:29 AM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 49
| | | Re: Bird id please?
It looks like a young male blackbird losing it's juvenile feathers and gradually becoming black. I've seen a similar one in my garden this year. I think only the breeding males have the bright orange beaks (and eye rings) and maybe the older females too.. but I might have dreamt it |
14-09-2010, 09:34 PM
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| | | Re: Bird id please?
Seems you were all right.
RSPB has this interesting page with several strange "versions" of blackbirds, if you ever feel confused like me: The RSPB: Blackbird: Funny feathers? |
14-09-2010, 09:44 PM
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| | | Re: Bird id please?
As has already been said male blackbirds look like this as they go into their first winter.
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