General Request of Bird Identification Please

[ayjay]

Try again - much more common (although not necessarily everywhere).

 

I can tell you later if you still haven't got it - the pale stripe behind the eye is a good diagnostic.

[nursejudy]

Will try again,last night I was looking at lots of different pictures of chaffinches and siskins there are loads of slightly different ones !!!!! its going to take me ages to learn, xx

 

 

Female Reed bunting?

 

if its the female ,wonder if that means we may get to see little ones,is there anything special i should put out for them ?

Edited April 23, 2013 by nursejudy

[ayjay]

Female Reed bunting?

Far more common, you're going to kick yourself when you find out.

[Phone]

NJ,

 

Why not a female reed bunting?

 

Phone

[ayjay]

NJ,

 

Why not a female reed bunting?

 

Phone

Cos they look like this:-

 

 

[ayjay]

Judy, answer is below in a white font, just highlight it when you want to see it.

 

Passer domesticus - aka House Sparrow (female).

[Phone]

ayjay,

 

Well, then it's a sparrow. (maybe?) I see NJ had already ask about the female.

 

It doesn't look like a sparrow. Aren't the toes to long - especially the middle one?

 

Phone

[ayjay]

ayjay,

 

 

 

Aren't the toes to long - especially the middle one?

 

Phone

Birds feet are often bigger than you may think. Here's another pic of the same species (borrowed from flickr).

 

[Phone]

ayjay,

 

OK then - - - - before I go back and look I'm going to say it is an English House Sparrow. That should have been my first guess as I have no fewer than 1 bazillion of them skittering about right now.

 

Phone

 

Edit: I was RIGHT !!!!

Edited April 24, 2013 by Phone

[ayjay]

 

ayjay,

 

OK then - - - - before I go back and look I'm going to say it is an English House Sparrow.

Edit: I was RIGHT !!!!

 

Phone, on 23 April 2013 22:12, said:

 

ayjay,

 

Well, then it's a sparrow. (maybe?)

It doesn't look like a sparrow.

I think you'd already looked Phone.