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Help Naming Some Birds

  • 10-03-2014 2:23pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭


    I took these photos today. Im unsure what some of them are.
    DSCN3048_zps09c5fb5c.jpg
    DSCN3051_zps40d6df9c.jpg
    DSCN3049_zps372d7837.jpgDSCN3052_zps470a90ad.jpg

    Also, this is most likely a Kingfisher nest?DSCN3029_zps3d8bf4d8.jpg


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,529 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    First one is a goldcrest I think. Beautiful little bird!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,003 ✭✭✭Zoo4m8


    Goldcrest , have never seen one display like that, nice photos!
    They certainly look like kingfisher burrows...


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 325 ✭✭finix


    Goldcrest ! The crest rises at breeding time to attract a mate. Quite common very small, about the size of a wren.

    http://www.markhancoxbirdphotography.co.uk/pages/galleries/goldcrest-and-firecrest.php?gall_id=111


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭KJ


    Thanks for the replies. I originally thought it was a wren. They were chasing each other around the tree which would explain the male courting display.


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