bell 3,503 Posted July 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 4 hours ago, Gilbey said: spotted flycatcher Well done mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
byron 1,093 Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 10 hours ago, bell said: Mate of mine came and ringed it.....the others had fledged and were around the garden.....it will be going long haul to Africa soon....... nice one mate,,when i think in the early eighties ,i knew of three nests every year in a hundred yard area of woodland..feck me they used to nest in peoples hanging baskets.long gone days.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gilbey 1,405 Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 1 hour ago, bell said: Well done mate bugger, thought it was too dark for a flycatcher and it beaks wrong for a siskin.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bell 3,503 Posted July 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 19 minutes ago, byron said: nice one mate,,when i think in the early eighties ,i knew of three nests every year in a hundred yard area of woodland..feck me they used to nest in peoples hanging baskets.long gone days.. This one nestled against the side of the house in a climbing rose. Parents been really tame flitting about doing what they do ... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gilbey 1,405 Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 12 minutes ago, bell said: This one nestled against the side of the house in a climbing rose. Parents been really tame flitting about doing what they do ... the last two nests I've seen have been against the bosses house and his office 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,480 Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 very nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,774 Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 On 08/07/2018 at 10:24, Gilbey said: bugger, thought it was too dark for a flycatcher and it beaks wrong for a siskin.. All soft bill or insect eaters have big wide beaks/mouths like this one has where as finches have a lot slimmer beaks/mouths and there not so brightly marked either.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gilbey 1,405 Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 43 minutes ago, fireman said: All soft bill or insect eaters have big wide beaks/mouths like this one has where as finches have a lot slimmer beaks/mouths and there not so brightly marked either.. similar chicks lol and they have a bit of a gape earlier on lol......kinda 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,774 Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 9 hours ago, Gilbey said: similar chicks lol and they have a bit of a gape earlier on lol......kinda Many softbills have that orange,yellow edge to their mouths where as not many finches do and in general softbills do have wider mouths ,kinda ...Lovely chick anyway and well done on the pic.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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