The birds they mock me

[Dogsey]

central said:

CBGB said:

Green Finches seem to spend more time fighting than feeding;


Green Finches Fighting by caroline.broad, on Flickr

Excellent.

Superb!

[CBGB]

Thanks

[tenex]

Dogsey said:

central said:

CBGB said:

Green Finches seem to spend more time fighting than feeding;


Green Finches Fighting by caroline.broad, on Flickr

Excellent.

Superb!

Have another.

[14-7]

House Sparrow by 14-7, on Flickr


House Sparrow by 14-7, on Flickr

[central]

Tree Sparrow by Fast an' Bulbous, on Flickr

[jonno990]

Turnstone?

[tenex]

jonno990 said:

Turnstone?

Yes, (winter plumage/juvenile)




Little grebe, tailfeathers only!

[central]

tenex said:

jonno990 said:

Turnstone?

Yes, (winter plumage/juvenile)

[digitise]

Wandering round the grounds at Castle Howard last weekend, my wife pointed out what she considered to be "a good tree for an owl".
On closer inspection....

[central]

[Fezant Pluckah]

[tenex]

14-7's house sparrow,central's tree sparrow...

Hedge sparrow (to complete the trio)

[Whitefly Swatter]

a Sparrow by bobshepherdphotography, on Flickr

and


A Blurred Tit by bobshepherdphotography, on Flickr

[Zelda Pinwheel]

IMG_0073 by katy_nicolson, on Flickr


IMG_9819 by katy_nicolson, on Flickr

[GetCarter]

Shall I?

[clarkmagpie]

Such characterful birds

[14-7]

Heron by 14-7, on Flickr


Swan by 14-7, on Flickr


Brambling by 14-7, on Flickr


Tits by 14-7, on Flickr


Fieldfare by 14-7, on Flickr

Not sure what that last one is so took a guess after spending ages looking at different photos of fieldfares! Can someone tell me what it actually is?

[Japveesix]

14-7 said:

Brambling by 14-7, on Flickr

Not sure what that last one is so took a guess after spending ages looking at different photos of fieldfares! Can someone tell me what it actually is?

Sorry to say but your brambling is actually just a male chaffinch

The fieldfare is a fairly light colouration female blackbird.

Nice pics, the heron is great

[tenex]

Sorry 14-7

But your swan is a goose.(domestic)
Your brambling is a chaffinch.
Your fieldfare is a female blackie.

Pretty sure I'm right but stand to be corrected.

However I can't take as good pics as you can.

Edit. While I was typing Japveesix got there first.

Edited by tenex on Sunday 13th March 18:10

[14-7]

Thanks for all that. I thought at first that the thing I thought was a fieldfair was a blackbird but from the site I was using couldn't see anything near that colour. Also the thing that I have photographed and named as a brambling is definitely labled as a chaffinch on the site I was looking at although it was listed under the Finch's section.