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Help in identifying a Bird.
I was just Looking at our Bird feeder today, and the most amazing coloured Bird landed for a feed!!! can anyone help with identifying it??? it's got us beat.
It's slightly smaller than a blackbird, it's got black wings and head, it has a bright yellow body and six white flashes on each wing...i've got a couple of Photos if anyone thinks they might be able to help.
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photos always help
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Hi Bluezulu, I think it may have been a grey wagtail. Fits the description.
Karia
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Photos would be great as It sounds as if it may be the rarity that is about.
Grey Wagtail fits the description, but is very unlikely to be at a feeder.
Is it a Orangy/Yellow?
Away with the birds
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a little unlikely maybe but they have been spotted in Scotland occasionally would be a masked shrike.
Sounds quite a lot like a swallow too, possibly a barn swallow.
Photos would be really helpful if you can post them either here or somewhere like photobucket and paste a link
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we should have identified the species earlier..
....it's the 'wind up' bird !
Karia
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I have seen the photos and the bird was a very Rare visitor from America. It was a Baltimore Oriole, and I wished I had got to see it. Thankyou Bluezulu for the photos, what a beauty. I had quite a few people keen to see if it was still around, and they would have travelled quite a distance up here to see it.
I think it has been one of the rariest birds in Caithness for a while.
Thanks again. Post the potots on here if you can.
Away with the birds
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sincere apologies, having waited...then pm'd the OP, I thought someone was taking the !!!!!!!
Happy to be wrong,...post your pics, tell us where you are!?
karia
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Your lucky, they have been spotted once or twice in the UK but not often. Well done.
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