Author Topic: ?Thrush? (Read 4393 times)

Palustris · « **on:** November 07, 2009, 17:53:34 »

Visted us today and stayed until the Blackbirds chased it away.
Picture taken at extreme magnification and through a rain spotted window.

thifasmom · « **Reply #1 on:** November 07, 2009, 17:57:30 »

i think its a mistle thrush

reddyreddy · « **Reply #2 on:** November 07, 2009, 17:58:32 »

it's a beautiful thrush!

betula · « **Reply #3 on:** November 07, 2009, 18:12:47 »

Lovely Picture ;D

Georgie · « **Reply #4 on:** November 07, 2009, 18:34:45 »

Beautiful. :)

G x

tonybloke · « **Reply #5 on:** November 07, 2009, 19:03:52 »

looks more like a fieldfare, eric!!

Unwashed · « **Reply #6 on:** November 07, 2009, 19:22:55 »

Very similar from that angle, but I think Tony's right, you can just about make out a yellow beak. Excellent photo.

Robert_Brenchley · « **Reply #7 on:** November 07, 2009, 19:39:06 »

It's an awkward angle, but I'll plump for mistle thrush. The cheeks aren't grey enough for fieldfare. Are you in the town or the country? I used to see flocks of mixed redwing and fieldfare all over the place in Cornwall during the winter, but in central Birmingham I only see redwings.

naff · « **Reply #8 on:** November 07, 2009, 19:52:36 »

I would say Redwing, beak has a yelow/pink base with a dark tip,prominent white eye stripe,dark spot before the eye and scaling it from the leaves is smaller than a Song Thrush. My guess is that it,s this years immature. It does,nt have the the pink/brown breast of a Fieldfare nor the grey cheeks. Blackbirds woul leave a Mistle Thrush alone but would chase the much smaller Redwing.

Palustris · « **Reply #9 on:** November 07, 2009, 20:25:04 »

Never knowingly seen Redwings here and the Fieldfares do not normally appear until much later in the season and usually in large flocks. This singleton bird has been around for most of the later Summer, but only came within camera range today. Would not argue though, not a Bird expert by any stretch of the imagination.

qahtan · « **Reply #10 on:** November 07, 2009, 21:02:31 »

Nice Thrush,,,,,, we don't get them here. ;-(((( qahtan

Flighty · « **Reply #11 on:** November 07, 2009, 21:11:06 »

Lucky you! I reckon that it's a Mistle thrush as well. :)

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/m/mistlethrush/index.aspx

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #12 on:** November 07, 2009, 21:38:12 »

Beautiful markings on him. Good shot!

Palustris · « **Reply #13 on:** November 08, 2009, 13:04:39 »

So is this any more help in id?

Flighty · « **Reply #14 on:** November 08, 2009, 13:15:43 »

I've changed my mind and now think that it's a Song thrush as it seems to have nut-brown, rather than grey-brown, upperparts!

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/songthrush/index.aspx

Unwashed · « **Reply #15 on:** November 08, 2009, 13:22:43 »

Yeah, not a fieldfare. Does it sing?

redimp · « **Reply #16 on:** November 08, 2009, 23:04:34 »

Blimey - that took some debate - Song Thrush. :)

valmarg · « **Reply #17 on:** November 10, 2009, 22:41:53 »

I agree RC - Turdus phillomelos. Don't mean to be too much of a smart ass RC, but it's one of the few birds I know the latin name of.

The only reason I know the name is that the Turdus family (including Turdus merula aka blackbird) are the sh*ts that eat our soft fruit in summer ;D ;D ;D

valmarg

Palustris · « **Reply #18 on:** November 18, 2009, 12:30:04 »

Another picture of same bird.

tonybloke · « **Reply #19 on:** November 19, 2009, 11:40:45 »

yep, deffo a thrush!! lovely phote BTW, eric!!

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