Here we go again lads & lasses. SAME RULES AS BEFORE. IF THE ANSWER'S OBVIOUS TO YOU, LET SOMEONE ELSE ENJOY HAVING A GO!
My apologies for the picture quality.
Gordon Bennet, mickycoops; what are you trying to do, give us all a nervous breakdown. I think I'll quit while I'm still ahead.LOL
TJ
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Come on guys - you're all experts on this species by now :))))
Trust me!
S
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Is it a Fieldfare
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I think it's a juvenile fieldfare because of the white
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I'm going to say Fieldfare as well because of the white on the wing (coverts?) and chevron markings running down the flank
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Kerry
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A hearty well done to all those correct "ANSWERERS"! I can see that I'm going to have to get really nasty with the next one! 1st winter is my diagnosis. Would you like to comment S?
Digiscoped through my bedroom window 12th Jan.
Thanks all,
MC.
Really lovely photo mickycoop - what a fatso! Funnily enough I have never seen a Fieldfare up close.
Thank you Kezmo.
Over the really cold snap in the winter, when the snow cover remained for several days, there were more records of Garden Fieldfares than usual. This one (fluffed against the cold) was feeding, along with several Redwings, on Guelder Rose berries in my front garden, providing me with the best opportunity I've had to get a decent shot of the species. In fact, the bird was so close to the window (app' 6 feet), that I had to move to the opposite wall and stand on the bed to take the shot. Not easy when you're trying to hold a camera to the scope eypiece! Even then, I couldn't quite squeeze the whole subject into the frame!