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Yellow feathered bird in Lake District, England (1 Viewer)
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SteveClifton
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Male Siskin
Simon Wates
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A sane suggestion could be male Siskin - but it looks more like a bunting in structure!
(cross posted with Steve, so its a Siskin then
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(cross posted with Steve, so its a Siskin then
)Earnest lad
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When you lighten up the photo it seems to show a black cap, and a black bib more clearly than before.
This adds much weight to the male siskin theory. The yellowhammer would not be like this at all.
This adds much weight to the male siskin theory. The yellowhammer would not be like this at all.
Thank you
Please bear with me...I am new to all this identifying birds I am succesfully managing many....but are siskins not quite small? That was why I discounted it. I think this bird was about blackbird size....but I might be wrong because I was some distance away.
I am going to listen to a recording of the noise a siskin makes. It was the noise that attracted me to it. It was a singular, maybe 2 second, high pitched whistle.
Please bear with me...I am new to all this identifying birds
I am succesfully managing many....but are siskins not quite small? That was why I discounted it. I think this bird was about blackbird size....but I might be wrong because I was some distance away.I am going to listen to a recording of the noise a siskin makes. It was the noise that attracted me to it. It was a singular, maybe 2 second, high pitched whistle.
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
Ditto to Siskin; perched on top of a Sitka Spruce . . . no surprise, as Siskins are conifer forest birds :t:
Simon Wates
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I actually thought it looked a ringer for a Black-headed Bunting but of course its a Siskin.
Simon Wates
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The call is completely different to the song - does this sound like what you heard? https://www.xeno-canto.org/415509
RichieTwitchy
YNWA
Thank you
Please bear with me...I am new to all this identifying birds
I am going to listen to a recording of the noise a siskin makes. It was the noise that attracted me to it. It was a singular, maybe 2 second, high pitched whistle.
I'm a newbie too, but a LOT of people that see a bird always think that it must be a 'rarer' bird than it is - I myself have been down this road too
99.9999999999999999999999999% of the time it's going to be a regular bird to a particular place and not something more special.
Guide books, bird websites, Google and - last but not at all least - the members on this forum will steer you in the right direction (as they did here).
You did well taking the photos and especially well remembering its call. A call is a great back up because if you can't determine a bird from photos then a call will usually be the deciding judgement on what it is.
Enjoy your birding - it's a fantastic way to spend your free time.
Simon Wates
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...I think you missed a nine or two o
....a well summed up common scenario. Often, when the inexperienced see something common very well for the first time, its such a special and personal experience. One they have never had before - even though they think they have had their eyes open, its just got to be something out of the ordinary, very understandable!It must be said though, that non-birdy folk famously do find screaming rarities very occaisonally so one must be aware of that too when someone says they saw a new bird,smaller than a sparrow with bright blue on the wings for example - it may not be a Blue Tit.
Agree on all counts :t:
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Thank you everyone!
seriously....every single bird is special to me. Recently I had decided to sit in my garden as a sort of mindfulness exercise. Just sit there and observe what was going on. It was incredible! I watched a pair of blackbirds chase off a magpie ...and what a noise they made! I watched the sparrows go back and forwards to their nest next door. The pigeons....well, they are just so funny! Ordinary, every day birds....but just worth really watching. As I sat there (lazily!) on my chair, I watched the sparrowhawk circle, hover then swoop! It is so ordinary but how often do we take the time out of our busy days to do this?
I did know a little from my childhood days but never really paid attention.
So, even if it is telling the difference between a blackbird and a starling, it is an absolute buzz to me! It is like entering a new world that has been here all the time.
So, rare birds are good.....but I am just so happy to be able to identify ordinary, common birds with confidence You guys are helping me with that!
seriously....every single bird is special to me. Recently I had decided to sit in my garden as a sort of mindfulness exercise. Just sit there and observe what was going on. It was incredible! I watched a pair of blackbirds chase off a magpie ...and what a noise they made! I watched the sparrows go back and forwards to their nest next door. The pigeons....well, they are just so funny! Ordinary, every day birds....but just worth really watching. As I sat there (lazily!) on my chair, I watched the sparrowhawk circle, hover then swoop! It is so ordinary but how often do we take the time out of our busy days to do this?
I did know a little from my childhood days but never really paid attention.
So, even if it is telling the difference between a blackbird and a starling, it is an absolute buzz to me! It is like entering a new world that has been here all the time.
So, rare birds are good.....but I am just so happy to be able to identify ordinary, common birds with confidence
You guys are helping me with that!jackdawson
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Looks like a male siskin to me
