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Twice now I have seen this lovely vivid yellow and black bird outside my house, it's larger than a robin, perhaps not quite so big as a blackbird. The yellow was very vivid, with a longish tail. I have never seen anything like it before. I've not a clue what it was other than very beautiful!
Yellowhammer? Wagtail?
Try this link http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdidentifier
Would love to see a photo so we can all have a best guess.
I cannot think of anything that size and yellow? Grey wagtail is very vivid yellow and long tail but no where as big as a robin, also very yellow and black is a siskin.
With help of the identifier I have narrowed it down to either a Yellow Wagtail or a Golden Oriole. Thanks
Seriously, if you think this is a golden oriole then report it as thats rare sighting.Quote:
Originally Posted by gmcborgie
Hope you see it again so you can positively ID it
I hope you can ID it too, try leaving out some live bird food to coax it in if it's still in the area.
I've been catching glimpses of some really yellow birds on the garden lately. I've been waiting to catch them on the feeders because they were amazingly yellow and figured I had some rare breed feeding here. Turns out they were Siskins but seeing as they've not been here feeding for 3 years I'm well chuffed that they've come back :)
Hope you get your ID gmcborgie