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Bird I.D.

  • 17-08-2020 4:47pm
    #1
    minktrapper
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    See a bird in the garden. Very yellowish overall with a strip going along the eye line. Around the same size as a fly catcher. Actually the fly catcher seemed to be playing around with it. Any suggestions as to what it might be. I don't think it was a fly catcher.


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  • #2
    jmkennedyie
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    Yellowhammer?
    Wheatear?
    A tit or finch eg. siskin?


  • #3
    minktrapper
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    None of the above. I wonder was it a young fly catcher. It seemed to be too yellow for one. I am trying to spot it again presuming it won't go too far.


  • #4
    FlipperThePriest
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    Young blue tit? Being juvenile it might be more curious around other birds and wouldn't have developed the distinct blue markings...

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/graham_brownlow/9498172352


  • #5
    OpenYourEyes
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    Willow Warbler? The young ones look particularly yellow at this time of year!


  • #6
    Birdnuts
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    OpenYourEyes wrote: »
    Willow Warbler? The young ones look particularly yellow at this time of year!

    That would be my guess too


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  • #7
    minktrapper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭minktrapper


    OpenYourEyes wrote: »
    Willow Warbler? The young ones look particularly yellow at this time of year!

    Yes. I think you might be correct. I looked at a few photos of one. There is a good chance that is the bird I saw. It had a warbler look about it. Didn't think they would be away from rivers. Me thinking that they are a bird that frequent rivers and streams. Are they common ?


  • #8
    OpenYourEyes
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    minktrapper wrote: »
    Yes. I think you might be correct. I looked at a few photos of one. There is a good chance that is the bird I saw. It had a warbler look about it. Didn't think they would be away from rivers. Me thinking that they are a bird that frequent rivers and streams. Are they common ?

    They're found in a diversity of habitats and definitely not tied to wetland habitats the same way Sedge Warblers and Reed Warblers are. We have around 1.4 million adult individuals in ROI each summer.


  • #9
    minktrapper
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    Any idea where they come from in the summer.


  • #10
    OpenYourEyes
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    Sub-Saharan Africa!


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