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Juvenile Grasshopper Warbler (was - ID this bird please?)

smacksy · 2012-07-11 22:14:29

This flew into a friends house today, is it a sedge warbler?

11-07-2012 10:14pm

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smacksy

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This flew into a friends house today, is it a sedge warbler?

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#2 12-07-2012 8:44am

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It is a Grasshopper Warbler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Grasshopper_Warbler), a widespread but secretive summer visitor to Ireland. This particular bird looks like a juvenile (not yellow wash to underparts).

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#3 12-07-2012 9:14am

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Agree with V_Moth, juvenile grasshopper warbler. Hope (s)he made it back outside without too much drama :-)

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