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  1. 08-Feb-09, 11:15 #21
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    Great photos Lizz/Kas.
    Donsinc,great shot too,what is the mystery bird?Though it might be a Redstart
    or a Stonechat,only birds i can think of with the distinct red/orangy plumage but they dont have yellow beaks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mystical Potato Head View Post
    Great photos Lizz/Kas.
    Donsinc,great shot too,what is the mystery bird?Though it might be a Redstart
    or a Stonechat,only birds i can think of with the distinct red/orangy plumage but they dont have yellow beaks.
    No mystery here in North America. It is the common American Robin:

    http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/212...can_Robin.aspx
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    Slightly blurred as shot through the window!
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    Quote Originally Posted by donsinc View Post
    No mystery here in North America. It is the common American Robin:

    http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/212...can_Robin.aspx
    And here was me thinking about which UK bird it could be.
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    A Glaucous gull today at Scrabster Harbour.

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    Goldeneye today on Thurso boating pond. The male is the black and white one, female the brownie one.



    Lizz that is a great photo of the tern. Is it a juv Arctic tern and where did you take it, St Johns?
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    Todays letter is G. First Glaucous Gull, then Goldeneye and now a Group of Goosanders. These 6 were at Thurso River mouth and there were another 3 off the beach. Not that great a photo but Great birds. The 2 black and white ones are the males, with 2 females on either side.

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    Yep,saw the Goosanders this afternoon and of course i had my 300mm lens with me,NOT.
    Great set of photos
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    Two from under my bird feeders this afternoon.

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    And a sparrow:
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    Stunning feathers CM!

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    Great photos. The bottom one is a Dunnock.
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    Brilliant close ups CM,the detail of the Dunnocks feathers is superb.
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    Is this a juvenile cormorant? I ask because of the brown colouring.
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    Speaking of cormorants!! This was caught at Wick Harbour last weekend.

    All the world's a stage and we are merely players . . . . .
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    The last 2 photos look like shags to me (no comments please). Great photo Deemac
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    Quote Originally Posted by kas View Post
    The last 2 photos look like shags to me (no comments please). Great photo Deemac
    The north Sutherland ranger mentioned that if you see a cormorant up here it's almost certainly a shag.

    Great pics.
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    OK, I admit I know vitually nothing about birds. I can just about identify a swan and an ostrich!!
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    Thank you kas, was the colour that made me ask the question.
    What's the easiest way to tell cormorants and shags appart ? I know the adults have slightly different plumage colour and I think the shag is slightly smaller but may be wrong on that.
    The only way I recognise a cormorant is by the typical outspread wing pose and also think they tend to be solitary whilst shags congregate in large groups.
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    Default The evening heron, Scrabster

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