Bird I.D

[yus99]

i was up early this morning and was looking at the feeders and spotted this bird:





i have no idea what it is? does anyone? im not really that good with i.d's

[Acipiter]

No expert on LBJ but it looks like a dunnock, hedge sparrow.

[david156]

Originally Posted by Acipiter

looks like a dunnock, hedge sparrow.

I agree.

[faz]

100% dunnock

[elvisoneill]

Its a Dunnock alright yus.

There's a fighting chance he's been rooting around underneath
your hedges or bushes and you haven't noticed him.

I love dunnocks..they just get on with things all around us but manage to stay under the radar...well under bushes at least.

[freiston]

What's it feeding from, and how high up from the ground?

There's been some debate as to whether dunnocks will use feeders or if they will stick to ground feeding.

[elvisoneill]

Hi Freiston

I snapped this chap awaiting his turn on a feeder during the
snow last week.

The feeder at the bottom of the image is about 5 feet off the ground

And thoroughly miserable he looks too!

[elvisoneill]

Here he is a couple of seconds later!

[elvisoneill]

Whoops!



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[freiston]

Thanks Elvis.

I searched for the thread (well one of them) that I vaguely remembered and found it here - an old one from the beginning of 2007 - when I was an occasional lurker.