Who do these belong to? I'll post 4 feather pictures over the course of today, see who can figure out the species first! Any guesses after picture number 1?
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Not a clue at this stage are all the feathers you will be showing off the same bird?
Guess at Pheasant
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There have been a few photos of Little Grebe posted lately and that was my first thought on seeing this feather , so I'll go with that.
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Good guesses so far, i won't let on just yet if they are in the ball park or not! Yes all feathers from the same bird. Picture 2 arriving shortly!
Looks like breast feather from a pheasant to me
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Feather 2
Not easy without scale but I will change to Jay now.
I know what it's not . . . Goldfinch
I don't think it's Waxwing either. As far as I know they only have yellow in the tail.
I've changed my mind to Waxwing as the first feather looks good for the breast and they do have a little yellow on wings.
Shane said:they do have a little yellow on wings.
Doh ! of course they do Shane. Must look more closely at my own pics in future.
Picture 3 - you may just be getting warm!!!