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Bird question

mr.wiggle · 2008-06-05 02:18:15

Hi all. Can anyone let me know what type of bird fly's directly up, then slowly glides back down again in a corkscrew pattern singing all the while? I see these birds in a new tree plantation all the time and its facinating to see. Sorry if the description is a bit vague.:cool: W.

05-06-2008 3:18am

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Hi all. Can anyone let me know what type of bird fly's directly up, then slowly glides back down again in a corkscrew pattern singing all the while? I see these birds in a new tree plantation all the time and its facinating to see.
Sorry if the description is a bit vague.:cool:
W.

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#2 05-06-2008 9:45am

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Skylark (male)

If its larger than a Sparrow, but smaller than a Starling.

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#3 05-06-2008 2:25pm

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I agree that it is probably a skylark as well. Seen quite a few recently and as you say the song is quite spectacular

Meadow pipits also display this behaviour during breeding; they display a fluttering 'parachute' flight.

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