Andy's mystery bird

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Sue H Posts: 8173 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA	quotePosted at 20:58 on 8th August 2008 I've been giving this allot of thought and this is what I've come up with. A Red-breasted Flycatcher. Take a look at this link, and tell me what you think. I don't see a pale eye ring or drooping wing, but the breast could be red, and that could be a hint of white I see on the sides of it tale. http://www.birdguides.com/species/species.asp?sp=137063 Picture by Andy Edwards My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Wolf Posts: 3423 Joined: 9th Jul 2008 Location: Australia	quotePosted at 00:49 on 9th August 2008 You could be right Sue. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Andy Edwards Posts: 1900 Joined: 14th Mar 2008 Location: UK	quotePosted at 09:00 on 9th August 2008 Sue, I'd sort of forgotten all about that bird! If it is a red breasted flycatcher, then I would imagine it's a very rare sight in the UK. I'll post a picture of a sedge warbler I took a little while ago which I'm pretty sure is the bird above also. Andy. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Andy Edwards Posts: 1900 Joined: 14th Mar 2008 Location: UK	quotePosted at 09:10 on 9th August 2008 Picture by Andy Edwards Much as I'd like it to have been the flycatcher Sue, I think it's a sedge warbler. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Wolf Posts: 3423 Joined: 9th Jul 2008 Location: Australia	quotePosted at 13:26 on 9th August 2008 Andy, I think you have hit the hail right on the ned ! We used to call them Reed Warblers. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Miya Buttreaks Posts: 348 Joined: 9th Jul 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 15:24 on 9th August 2008 Don't know nuttun 'bout no birds, cept these uns don't look big 'nough to feed a family. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Sue H Posts: 8173 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA	quotePosted at 15:31 on 9th August 2008 I studied out the Sedge Warbler too, Andy (A reed Warbler is a different bird Wolf) and can't remember why I ruled it out. What habitat were you in when you took the picture? It's your bird and if you feel good about a Sedge Warbler then I do to. Although sometimes you just have to give up on it. Still, it has been fun. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
L Posts: 5656 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: UK	quotePosted at 20:34 on 9th August 2008 I can't even tell the difference between a young thrush and a young blckbird let alone anything else, so I'm of no help whatsoever! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Wolf Posts: 3423 Joined: 9th Jul 2008 Location: Australia	quotePosted at 01:09 on 10th August 2008 When I lived in the snow I used to be a sledge warmer......... lol. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Andy Edwards Posts: 1900 Joined: 14th Mar 2008 Location: UK	quotePosted at 08:03 on 10th August 2008 It was at Far Ings at Barton on Humber Sue.....although the mystery bird was perched in a deciduous tree, there are reeds and sedges nearby and a large lake. I'm still not 100% sure it is a sedge warbler, it does seem likely though. Warblers are notoriously difficult to identify, and as you say Sue, the reed warbler is a different bird to the sedge warbler....sorry Wolf lol!! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions