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Bird Ident Please
This bird has visited my garden on a few occasions but I can't identify it from books or on line pics. I'd really like to know what it is and I'm sure there's an expert out there who can help. It looks like a juvenile of some sort, but it's bigger than a blackbird and just a bit smaller than a ring-necked dove. Apologies for the poor photo but it was down the bottom of the garden and very small in the frame. Thank you in advance.
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I have had a look through some juvenile birds and this is very similar
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kkoshy/33786971498
The problem is that this a a bird from Thailand and that is a very long way from home. But it is a grey winged blackbird - nearest I can find.
I am so puzzled by this I think it would be an idea to ask the RSPB
https://ww2.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bird-and-wildlife-guides/ask-an-expert/previous/fieldfare.aspx
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kkoshy/33786971498
The problem is that this a a bird from Thailand and that is a very long way from home. But it is a grey winged blackbird - nearest I can find.
I am so puzzled by this I think it would be an idea to ask the RSPB
https://ww2.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bird-and-wildlife-guides/ask-an-expert/previous/fieldfare.aspx
Quote:I have had a look through some juvenile birds and this is very similar
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kkoshy/33786971498
The problem is that this a a bird from Thailand and that is a very long way from home. But it is a grey winged blackbird - nearest I can find. I am so puzzled by this I think it would be an idea to ask the RSPB
https://ww2.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bird-and-wildlife-guides/ask-an-expert/previous/fieldfare.aspx
Thanks Angie. I checked, and so have some other people, and the ident came up as mistle thrush, but it has no spots underneath and doesn't really match. That bird from Thailand is very close, I must say. Tku.
It could be a young Blackbird. They start brown then change to black in stages. Have seen young Blackbirds in my garden but not this tear.
Looks like a youngish blackbird to me
I'd say it's a juvenile blackbird and quite possibly a female.
The colour's right and so's the shape.
It's not a juvenile starling. They're almost all grey and have a different, more upright stance.
The colour's right and so's the shape.
It's not a juvenile starling. They're almost all grey and have a different, more upright stance.
Quote:Looks to me like a lesser spotted thingy-me-jig. A rare sighting that...
You just come back from Specsavers, I’m off there next week 😎
It's always a tricky time of year for easily identifying birds as they tend to look a little worse for wear after their breeding season, plus you have the added confusion with a lot of juvenile birds around which can look quite different from the adult birds.
Got to be a young Blackbird I reckon
