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who can identify this garden bird?

  • 25-11-2012 6:39pm
    #1
    Uthur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 414 ✭✭


    hi people!

    i am in dublin and i have a mysterious bird in the garden all this week
    which i would like to identify. :D

    it looks like a sparrow but a fair bit smaller - about 2/3 the size of an average
    sparrow. it is a dark brown colour with no obvious other markings i can see.

    it is very fast - it's reactions are remarkable. it leaves the other birds in
    the garden for dust when it decides to move.

    it doesn't seem interested in the bird seed, peanuts or bread crumbs the
    other birds are milling about after. that's about as much as i can say for it.


    any thoughts on what it might be? :)
    .


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  • #2
    PaurGasm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 197 ✭✭PaurGasm


    Pretty sure it is a Golden Eagle


  • #3
    Inexile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 583 ✭✭✭Inexile


    sorry need more info. What way is its tail.

    Could it be a wren - their tails sort of stick up.


  • #4
    Uthur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 414 ✭✭Uthur


    good questions. this thing moves about so fast, in a week i still haven't
    got a really clear look at it! it's very small too as i mentioned.

    i would say it likes to be under the hedge a lot more than other birds, probably
    looking for insects i imagine, and it doesn't perch on high places like sparrows
    etc (which makes it even harder to see as it's mostly in the shadows!)

    cute little thing though - i would like to figure out what it is :D


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    PaurGasm wrote: »
    Pretty sure it is a Golden Eagle

    LOL. Thanks, I wasn't expecting this and roared laughing.

    If it's that tiny it could very well be a wren. One got into out conservatory about 12 years ago, landed on my parrot's cage, and Buddy decided to befriend it. I Caught it and took it outside, they're so tiny you would not believe!!


  • #6
    RossPaws
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭RossPaws


    I think that sounds like a wren, only because we have some in our garden that match that description perfectly. Cute little guys.


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  • #7
    Rommie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭Rommie


    wren.jpg
    Sounds like a wren all right


  • #8
    mymo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭mymo


    Sounds like a Wren alright, in the winter they look rounder than the pic above, all fluffed up to keep warm.
    They stay close to the ground a lot of the time, but for a small bird they sing such a lovely song, listen out for them. There's rarely one;)


  • #9
    Rancid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭Rancid


    It could be a Dunnock.
    Smaller than a sparrow, greyish breast and overall slightly duller looking than a sparrow.
    They visit my garden in pairs and seem to eat the fallen bird seed.
    They move fast along the ground almost like mice!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnock


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