At first sight this bird looks yellow but on close up it is more fawn coloured. Similar size to a house sparrow but plumper. I can't seem to find it on any of the identifyers and am wondering if it is a juvenile?
That's unusual...
If anything I'd say it is an escaped pet finch.
Millie & Fly the Border Collies
Ditto ..... KatTai
Looks to much captive ... to be a wild bird.
Regards
Kathy and Dave
Sweet little Caramel Bird, very interesting.
However not a clue. sorry.
Oh dear, I hope it will survive the winter out there if it is not a wild bird. It seems to live in the hedge by the side of our house.
Thanks for your replies.
Good news! I think this bird has as good a chance as any of surviving the winter, because I think it's wild, not an escapee. I'm going to stick my neck out and guess it's a leukistic female house sparrow - that is, one with washed-out colouration, a bit like albino but not as much, if that makes sense? The general shape of the body and beak are just like a sparrow, and if you look carefully at the first photo you can just make out a paler stripe running from behind the eye, which relates to the more striking stripe you would see on a normally-coloured sparrow.
So a reasonably usual bird but an unusual individual! I'm not saying this is definitely what it is, so any other ideas out there?
L.
i thought this as well leukistic female house sparrow thought this may have been what bird mum see the other day fly out of a bush with black bird female black bird with slight leukistic
Hi LuckyBustard
Well observed. I am sure that you are close to being right.
I wonder if a captive bird would feel so at home on a bird feeder. This one is very contented with eating the available foodstuff.
A captive one may not get on so well in the cold, and not survive
Hi,
it's a leucistic female House Sparrow- the structure and soft parts certainly point that way. :))
S
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Thanks this is really interesting. You are right Lucky he does have a light stripe just above his eye and is exactly like a house sparrow in everything but colour. I will keep my fingers crossed that he is indeed wild, certainly has no problems feeding anyway as he is always at the feeder althought strangely he doesn't feed with the other sparrows often, prefering to be at the feeder on his own. I wonder if it will breed.
Ooops I just realised you said female I will have to start calling him..her!