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Bird with bright red/orange band on breast

  • 06-01-2019 11:25pm
    #1
    corks finest
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    Hi sorry no pic,spotted a bird ,bigger than a black bird, smaller than a crow,on Bandon this morning, mostly black but with a wide red orange band across its breast ,at first I thought it was a jay ,same size ,but different colouring,any ideas?


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  • #2
    gzoladz
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    Redstart, Brambling, Masked Shrike? Some of those would be beyond mega though.


  • #3
    corks finest
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    gzoladz wrote: »
    Redstart, Brambling, Masked Shrike? Some of those would be beyond mega though.
    Googled redstart, nearest to what I saw alright,but a bit bigger I think, stopped to look but never came back,and as it was Sunday morning and a person's garden didn't want to linger in case someone thought I was a looper


  • #4
    corks finest
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    gzoladz wrote: »
    Redstart, Brambling, Masked Shrike? Some of those would be beyond mega though.
    White throated redstart AFAIK


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    Alun
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    corks finest wrote: »
    White throated redstart AFAIK
    The white-throated redstart is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Nepal, Bhutan, central China and far northern areas of Myanmar and Northeast India. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

    Unlikely :D


  • #6
    corks finest
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    gzoladz wrote: »
    Redstart, Brambling, Masked Shrike? Some of those would be beyond mega though.
    Double checked,I was incorrect,can't be white throat redstart,way too small,thid guy was similar in size to a jay


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  • #7
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    Alun wrote: »
    corks finest wrote: »
    White throated redstart AFAIK
    The white-throated redstart is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Nepal, Bhutan, central China and far northern areas of Myanmar and Northeast India. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

    Unlikely :D
    Baltimore Oriole?


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    corks finest wrote: »
    Baltimore Oriole?

    Extremely unlikely but if you thought that's what it may be then it was a Redstart.


  • #9
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    Carolyn Worried Cilantro wrote: »
    corks finest wrote: »
    Baltimore Oriole?

    Extremely unlikely but if you thought that's what it may be then it was a Redstart.
    TBH I'm into birdwatching etc , mostly birds of prey,and finches,but I've NEVER came across this one, nearest I saw was a Eurasian bullfinch,this guy was much,much bigger,and longer,not at all blocky,well remains a mystery


  • #10
    corks finest
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    Alun wrote: »
    corks finest wrote: »
    White throated redstart AFAIK
    The white-throated redstart is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Nepal, Bhutan, central China and far northern areas of Myanmar and Northeast India. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

    Unlikely :D

    The Baltimore Oriole is a rare vagrant to western Europe, and there are a couple of British records of birds wintering near garden feeders, including one in Oxford in December 2003. Perhaps the most remarkable record was one on 7th-8 October 2001, which was very appropriately found in Baltimore, Co. Cork, Ireland, the first record of the species in Ireland.


  • #11
    gzoladz
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    American Robin? Size and color matches.


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  • #12
    corks finest
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    gzoladz wrote: »
    American Robin? Size and color matches.
    Must have a gander


  • #13
    corks finest
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    gzoladz wrote: »
    American Robin? Size and color matches.
    Bingo,but is this possible?


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    corks finest wrote: »
    Bingo,but is this possible?

    They have been recorded here several times.


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    HoteiMarkii
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    31711671547_1e1793a438_b.jpg


  • #16
    OwlEye
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    Also worth considering perhaps.....

    https://www.arkive.org/brambling/fringilla-montifringilla/image-G94598.html


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    OwlEye wrote: »
    Also worth considering perhaps.....

    https://www.arkive.org/brambling/fringilla-montifringilla/image-G94598.html
    Looked at the brambling,na not a chance, thanks


  • #18
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    OwlEye wrote: »
    Also worth considering perhaps.....

    https://www.arkive.org/brambling/fringilla-montifringilla/image-G94598.html
    American robin chappie


  • #19
    corks finest
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    HoteiMarkii wrote: »
    31711671547_1e1793a438_b.jpg
    Definitely as close as I can remember,, bloody driving me nuts,and I had a phone with me,but by the time I got it set up to snap him he was gone


  • #20
    gzoladz
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    corks finest wrote: »
    Definitely as close as I can remember,, bloody driving me nuts,and I had a phone with me,but by the time I got it set up to snap him he was gone

    An American Robin would be great, however we should get a picture or another confirmed sighting before reporting.


  • #21
    corks finest
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    gzoladz wrote: »
    corks finest wrote: »
    Definitely as close as I can remember,, bloody driving me nuts,and I had a phone with me,but by the time I got it set up to snap him he was gone

    An American Robin would be great, however we should get a picture or another confirmed sighting before reporting.
    Going back down to Bandon Sunday in the hope of another sight,but its in a person's large garden outskirts of town,I'd be arrested if I hung around


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  • #22
    gzoladz
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    Good luck finding it, if the sighting is confirmed I can anticipate hordes of people going dow to see it, so the garden owner better be ready :D


  • #23
    corks finest
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    gzoladz wrote: »
    Good luck finding it, if the sighting is confirmed I can anticipate hordes of people going dow to see it, so the garden owner better be ready :D
    went back no joy


  • #24
    gzoladz
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    corks finest wrote: »
    went back no joy

    Thanks for reporting back...that's birding, if it was it had been nice, but we all had a bit of fun, learnt something in the process, etc :)


  • #25
    corks finest
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    gzoladz wrote: »
    corks finest wrote: »
    went back no joy

    Thanks for reporting back...that's birding, if it was it had been nice, but we all had a bit of fun, learnt something in the process, etc :)
    Welcome,I'll be down that way in a few weeks again


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