Bird, as in avian, recognition.

AddicksAddict

Just saw this in the garden. I’m usually pretty good at bird recognition, but I’ve no idea what this is. Anybody know?

LargeAddick

hazy picture but could be a Jay?

Scrub that, on second look don't think it is. 

Daddy_Pig

It's a red legged partridge. 100%

Edit: completely wrong. Second picture shows it's a green woodpecker

Covered End

Green woodpecker?

AddicksAddict

Here’s another shot. In flight, it had a pale yellow rump. 

bobmunro

Not particularly clear - maybe a woodpecker?

LargeAddick

Daddy_Pig said:

It's a red legged partridge. 100%

where's it's pear tree then?

Daddy_Pig

Covered End said:

Green woodpecker?

Beat me to it and I had 2 attempts

AddicksAddict

It didn’t look green but a bird recognition app says it is indeed a green woodpecker. 

Macronate

It's a no from me.

Leuth

Knew it was a green woodpecker from 0.5 seconds looking at the first pic

Wilma

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/identify-a-bird/

ShootersHillGuru

That’s a Norwegian Blue that is.


Green Woodpecker 

Addickted

ShootersHillGuru said:

That’s a Norwegian Blue that is.

Beautiful plumage.

wightaddick

Absolutely a Green Woodpecker from how it holds itself (poise).

Off_it

Wilma said:

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/identify-a-bird/

That's a cracking tool. 

We've got a couple of bird feeders in the garden and as I've been working from home for the past year or so I'm getting quite good at identifying birds and their songs/calls.

As well as the standard sparrows, blackbirds, starlings, robins, wood pigeons, blue tits, great tits, magpies, crows, etc, we've recently started getting visited by a pair of great spotted woodpeckers, a goldfinch, a wren, dozens of parakeets and, thanks to that link what I now know was a chiffchaff! 

The older I get the more I feel like I'm turning into Bill Oddie.

Off_it

PS. Great Tits are my favourite. Had a lovely pair hanging off it the other day.
:-)



(Not my picture)

Slartibartfast

Definately a norwegian blue. It only looks green because it's pining for the fjords.

KiwiValley

Definitely a bald eagle. 100%, Nigel.

Swisdom

Did you take the photo on a potato?

at a guess it looks Woodpeckery….when in flight did it swoop up and down?  Distinctive flight pattern on woodpeckers

ShootersHillGuru

Green Woodpeckers are ground feeders. The bird in that picture is definitely a green woodpecker. The have very bright red cap plumage. 

AddicksAddict

Swisdom said:

Did you take the photo on a potato?

at a guess it looks Woodpeckery….when in flight did it swoop up and down?  Distinctive flight pattern on woodpeckers

ShootersHillGuru said:

Green Woodpeckers are ground feeders. The bird in that picture is definitely a green woodpecker. The have very bright red cap plumage. 

No, I was on the floorboards when I took the picture.

It didn't swoop up and down, it flew straight when it went from the lawn into a tree.

It was feeding on the ground which threw me somewhat, if it had been bashing its head against a tree I'd have said woodpecker straight away.

Its plumage was very dull, not bright at all.  A family member suggested it's a female because of that.

ShootersHillGuru

Green Woodpecker. Not the brightest of plumage but I’m pretty confident that it’s the bird in the photo.

SE10Addick

ShootersHillGuru said:

Green Woodpecker. Not the brightest of plumage but I’m pretty confident that it’s the bird in the photo.

we have one of these come into our garden regularly - eats all the ants/grubs etc in the grass.

Leuth

Can someone set another challenge please

Stig

I know what it is, but if it's a challenge you want.

AddicksAddict

Osprey?

Leuth

Full marks to AA...not 

Big_Bad_World

Stig said:

I know what it is, but if it's a challenge you want.

A Fulmar?

LargeAddick

looks like a Fulmar to me.

AddicksAddict

You're both wrong, this is a Fulmar.