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porshiepoo
02-May-09, 14:32
Sorry I don't have a piccie to show you but I'm staking the bird table out (disguised as a plant no less) so I'm hoping to get something on camera soon.

It was about the size of a Robin (tad bigger maybe). It looked like a common birdy until I noticed that each wing had a black & white stripe to it (going down the edge of the wing), it also appeared to have some kind of tufted head (least I don't think it was the wind ruffling it).
Colour wise it was browny with a beige underbody.
Any ideas? I've searched and cannot find any likeness anywhere.
Aaldtimer
03-May-09, 16:27
Could it be the female of this?

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/c/chaffinch/index.asp
Mother Bear
03-May-09, 18:55
sorry, can't do links or pics....maybe a wheatear?...they are beige underneath.....and on top really!...quite a few around my house just now......
nirofo
04-May-09, 01:52
Could this be the bird you saw?

Wheatear male.
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o71/nirofo/Birds/Wheatearmale2.jpg


Or maybe this one.

Wheatear female.
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o71/nirofo/Birds/Wheatearfemale3.jpg

nirofo.
Aaldtimer
04-May-09, 03:21
nirofo, Porshie states..."It looked like a common birdy until I noticed that each wing had a black & white stripe to it (going down the edge of the wing), it also appeared to have some kind of tufted head (least I don't think it was the wind ruffling it).
Colour wise it was browny with a beige underbody..."
where's that in these examples? :confused
the_count
04-May-09, 18:35
Sounds like a female chaffinch to me too Aaldtimer pictured below :D

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll318/countlicker/birds/P1090218.jpg
nirofo
05-May-09, 00:56
Is either of these 2 shots like the bird you saw?

Chaffinch male.
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o71/nirofo/Birds/Chaffinchmaleatnestwithyoung-1.jpg

Chaffinch female.
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o71/nirofo/Birds/Chaffinchfemaleatnestwithyoung.jpg

nirofo.
porshiepoo
05-May-09, 20:54
Yep, certainly looks like a Female Chaffinch. Guess it was the wind causing the head tuft. lol.
Mother Bear
05-May-09, 21:46
Lovely pics nirofo, and glad you have been able to identify porshiepoos mystery bird. Aaldtimer, it was me who suggested it could be a wheatear, not nirofo.......and i was only going by 'the beigy bits'