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summer Rank attained: Silver Birch Tree


Joined: 20 Oct 2007 Posts: 192 Location: Midlands
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 6:41 pm Post subject: Can you Name this Bird |
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Hi Guys, i am back to you again looking for Information on this Bird. Today i heard a Cry or Tweet that i had not heard before in my Garden, so grabbed the Camera and got a few Quick shots of this Chap on the Wires (see pics), Again he was some distance from me, so Pics are not the best, Would love if someone here can put a name on him/her. Now it could be a very common everyday Bird, but its Tweet seemed strange to me, i had not heard it before. Many Thanks.
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Margo Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 11 Oct 2010 Posts: 1984 Location: Summerhill Mayo Ireland
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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Looks like a greenfinch
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 5188 Location: Co. Wexford
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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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Agreed. The barely visible yellow flash on the wing is the defining feature.
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summer Rank attained: Silver Birch Tree


Joined: 20 Oct 2007 Posts: 192 Location: Midlands
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Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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So its a Greenfinch, many thanks for the reply's.
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Blowin Rank attained: Vegetable garden tender
Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Posts: 930 Location: Drimoleague, Co Cork
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Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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To me, it looks a bit light coloured compared with the greenfinches we have on our feeder. If it's a bit smaller than the normal greenfinch - and we can't tell from the pic - you might like to consider a linnet?
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Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:14 am Post subject: |
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I doubt very much that it's a linnet. The adult male has a much redder breast and the female and the juvenile are similar to each other, with streaky grey brown plumage.
I'm pretty certain it is a greenfinch. Often, at this time of the year, young birds have reached adult size but have yet to acquire the adult plumage - this can be confusing. I had a young robin hunting in the soil near me the other day. It's breast was only beginning to show a hint of the normal robin colouring. In a month or so it will have the usual red breast.
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Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 9:27 am Post subject: |
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Yep, Greenfinch. They all start to look a bit tatty this time of year - raising a family does that to you!
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