Is it a bird..?

Kayleigh · #1 (**permalink**) 14-03-2011, 05:09 PM

I took this pic I saw this object across a field I thought it was rabbit as it big and brown and stationary then it pecked at the ground it was about crow size but brown I thought it could have been a thrush but was far too big.
Then I blew it up but lost the detail if there was any to start with I think its a buzzard..
What do you think or is it just impossible to tell.
Its the brown blob in the middle of the pic.

Littlesparrow · #2 (**permalink**) 14-03-2011, 05:14 PM

It looks like a brown bird to me, but after the giant robin thread I wouldn't like to guess at what sort.

Paul mabbott · #3 (**permalink**) 14-03-2011, 05:17 PM

It could be a crow - the sun is quite low, I think, and in that kind of light you do get added red/yellow hues. However, it des look a bit 'upright' (although maybe it was stretching its neck to see who was coming) so I'll take what is always my fall-back option in such circumstances: if in doubt, it's a wood pigeon!

Kayleigh · #4 (**permalink**) 14-03-2011, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Littlesparrow

It looks like a brown bird to me, but after the giant robin thread I wouldn't like to guess at what sort.

The only brown bird of this size I can think of is a buzzard I wish I had stayed longer now as I would have seen it fly off then there is no mistaking it.
It wasn't as big as female pheasant.

nikolai_avenger · #5 (**permalink**) 14-03-2011, 05:21 PM

It's definitely not a buzzard. It has the look of a grey partridge about it (to me anyway) but like Paul says it's probably a woodpigeon.

Cheers. Nik.

seamusagleann · #6 (**permalink**) 14-03-2011, 05:22 PM

a curlew was my first thought!!

shenk1 · #7 (**permalink**) 14-03-2011, 05:23 PM

Robin

(Stick my neck out and say Mistle Thrush - quite big when stood up straight)

Naturenutz · #8 (**permalink**) 14-03-2011, 05:24 PM

I think it may be a green woodpecker .Just a hunch

diggleken · #9 (**permalink**) 14-03-2011, 05:30 PM

That posture is so very Mistle Thrush, colouration is reasonable too, plus this is a common way to see them feeding on a meadow - size can be deceptive on just a quick view, so thats my (ill) educated guess.

Cheers
Ken

aeshna5 · #10 (**permalink**) 14-03-2011, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by diggleken

That posture is so very Mistle Thrush, colouration is reasonable too, plus this is a common way to see them feeding on a meadow - size can be deceptive on just a quick view, so thats my (ill) educated guess.

Cheers
Ken

I think it's a Mistle Thrush too- shape + posture both look good + perfect habitat for one.