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14-01-2011, 09:40 AM
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| | | Bird Identification
We have a bird in the garden which I am completely unable to identify. I have not been able to get a photo but will endeavor to do so once the weather/light improves.
It looks like finch of some kind BUT the body/head is all one colour, a very pale honey yellow with wings an even paler shade of the same, almost white. I cannot see any other distinctive markings at all. The bird is very easy to see because it is so pale. It almost looks like a form of albino, is that possible??
I first noticed it in the front garden on several occasions over the last 2/3 weeks but it has now found the bird feeder although it is only feeding on the ground at the moment.
We have a large garden surrounded by fields so we have plenty of bird life here but I have never seen anything remotely like this and nothing close in any of the books. |
14-01-2011, 09:42 AM
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| | | Re: Bird Identification
It could be a Siskin?
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14-01-2011, 09:42 AM
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| | | Re: Bird Identification
Sounds like an aviary escapee. Possible canary cross.
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14-01-2011, 09:48 AM
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Definitely not a Siskin. An aviary escapee/cross definitely possible I think. |
14-01-2011, 10:17 AM
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We need a photo but from your description it sound very canaryish.
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14-01-2011, 12:55 PM
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| | | Re: Bird Identification
sounds canary to me aswell 
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