Bird id

yknaa

vandriver wrote: »

Possibly a siskin?

Thanks for this - perhaps it is ok but I did a quick Google search at the time but didn't really find an obvious match.

OpenYourEyes

Yellowhammer maybe?

yknaa

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

Yellowhammer maybe?

Super thanks. It was indeed a yellowhammer. Lovely bird.

Satriale

hi, i've a bird(well i think its a bird!) in the forest next to my garden. i cant see it but it makes a popping noise similar to the pop2.wav at the top of this page.

http://soundjax.com/pop_sounds-1.html


Any ideas?

obrano

Hi everyone, is there any chance someone could ID this bird for me? It was extremely tame and let me snap away.

Thanks a million.


Tame Bird - Alleppey by obrano, on Flickr

V_Moth

obrano wrote: »

Hi everyone, is there any chance someone could ID this bird for me? It was extremely tame and let me snap away.

Thanks a million.


Tame Bird - Alleppey by obrano, on Flickr

I suspect it might be an immature Brahminy Kite (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahminy_Kite), which is darker brown on the head and breast than the adult. However I only have very limited knowledge of the birds of India and I could be completely wrong.

If you don't manage to get a conclusive answer here, I would suggest trying this forum: http://www.birdforum.net/forumdisplay.php?f=114

Capercaille

obrano wrote: »

Hi everyone, is there any chance someone could ID this bird for me? It was extremely tame and let me snap away.

Thanks a million.


Tame Bird - Alleppey by obrano, on Flickr

What Country are you in?

obrano

Sorry, I forgot to add the most important info. I put all the info up on the wildlife thread. I took this on the 16th Mar in Kerala, India. Right on the dock of a river. Thanks

dodderangler

Looks like an immature brahminy kite.
Lovely birds. They look even more beautiful as mature adults developing a lovely white chest and white head but dark wings and back.
I held one in Philippines two year ago and wanted to keep her. She just sat so quiet on my fingers and close at my chest no problems with her.
Lovely birds

obrano

Thanks to everyone for their responses. I would love to see a mature adult. I'll keep an eye out for them. It was pretty amazing to be so close to a wild bird of prey. It didn't even seem threatened by the camera. Lovely bird for sure,

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

obrano wrote: »

Sorry, I forgot to add the most important info. I put all the info up on the wildlife thread. I took this on the 16th Mar in Kerala, India. Right on the dock of a river. Thanks

You had me confused there for a while. I thought it was taken here but showed no signs of being an escaped falconry bird. Now it makes sense!

dodderangler

Here's myself with a mature adult

obrano

Wow, it's a beautiful bird. I'd say it was a great experience handling it. Great pic to have.

dodderangler

obrano wrote: »

Wow, it's a beautiful bird. I'd say it was a great experience handling it. Great pic to have.

Well I do falconry anyway so I've handled quite a few birds of prey. But the coloration on this bird in particular is amazing. Very few bops rival the colours.
Kinda similar colours to a African fish eagle.

whyulittle

I got one along a river in Australia while out looking for crocodiles.

keps

I was out for a stroll in St Catherine’s Park in Lucan this morning.

I looked up at one stage and saw very high in the sky what I initially thought was some type of courtship ritual.

Just looking at it now on screen I just wonder is one a bird of prey and the other his possible victim.

Photos aren’t great as this was happening at speed a long way up

OpenYourEyes

It's a Buzzard and a Hooded Crow - I'd imagine the Hooded Crow was mobbing the Buzzard, trying to annoy it and get it to leave the area.

keps

Thanks for the speedy reply OpenYourEyes.

At least I have a photo of a buzzard:)

dodderangler

keps wrote: »

Thanks for the speedy reply OpenYourEyes.

At least I have a photo of a buzzard:)

Some really good places about to see them in Dublin and Wicklow.
Seems every km or so in Wicklow one pops out soaring.

keps

Is this a grey wagtail?

OpenYourEyes

Yeah that's a Grey Wagtail!

keps

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

Yeah that's a Grey Wagtail!

You see I am learning:)

Sitamoia

Can someone identify this bird? I'm thinking Heron or Stork, picture isn't the best.

OpenYourEyes

Sitamoia wrote: »

Can someone identify this bird? I'm thinking Heron or Stork, picture isn't the best.

It's a Grey Heron alright. We don't get Storks in Ireland!

Sitamoia

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

It's a Grey Heron alright. We don't get Storks in Ireland!

Thanks for that, a bit of debating going on in the house as to which one it is and I just ruined the conversation:D

Sitamoia

He was eyeing up the fish in the pond, had to put a net over it because he took some before!

keps

Probably a commoner-garden fella?

OpenYourEyes

keps wrote: »

Probably a commoner-garden fella?

Male Chaffinch!

dodderangler

Looks like male chaffinch

Openyoureyes there before me

keps

you guys are sure quick off the mark:)

blacksasha

Hi Guys. This Fellow was Perched at the end of my Garden on the 4th March this year. Is it a young Buzzard ?

OpenYourEyes

It's a Buzzard anyway - not sure if I'd necessarily say it was a juvenile or not from that picture, but I'm open to correction from a person in a county more blessed with Buzzards than my own! :P

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

The dark iris, at least how it appears in this shot, suggests at least a second year bird.

blacksasha

Thanks Guys. It's just that the previous April 2013, in that very same Location/ Shrub, i took a Pic of another Buzzard ( but Bigger) This Fellow also seems to have a more Brighter Breast.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

blacksasha wrote: »

Thanks Guys. It's just that the previous April 2013, in that very same Location/ Shrub, i took a Pic of another Buzzard ( but Bigger) This Fellow also seems to have a more Brighter Breast.

Buzzards only vary in body length by about 2 inches. Even recently fledged birds are more or less adult size. Some are more lightly coloured in the breast than others.

blacksasha

Many Thanks Srameen.

stevensi

I think the French name for Buzzard really sums up how they look - Le Buz variable. And that is so true as they can come in a variety of forms from very dark into very white. I saw one once that I thought at first was a barn owl from a distance...

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

stevensi wrote: »

I think the French name for Buzzard really sums up how they look - Le Buz variable. And that is so true as they can come in a variety of forms from very dark into very white. I saw one once that I thought at first was a barn owl from a distance...

Just being pedantic but it's La Buse variable.

stevensi

Desole...I should have reviewed it but before I posted it of course.

V_Moth

stevensi wrote: »

I think the French name for Buzzard really sums up how they look - Le Buz variable. And that is so true as they can come in a variety of forms from very dark into very white. I saw one once that I thought at first was a barn owl from a distance...

Oddly for Europe, the Buzzards in both Britain and (especially) Ireland are surprisingly uniform in their appearance. Once you get to Germany or central France, you regularly encounter the very pale and very dark forms of Buzzard such as this:



Further east again you start getting "Steppe" Common Buzzards (and Long-legged Buzzards) which look quite different again.

keps

This morning:

This fella seemed intent at boring away at the tree-moss, presumably to locate some food below?

OpenYourEyes

Yup! A Treecreeper, and it'd be looking for invertebrates hidden in the moss and lichens. Lovely little birds!

keps

What about this one from today?

OpenYourEyes

A Wren!

keps

Yippee- the King of all birds:)

Woodville56

keps wrote: »

Yippee- the King of all birds:)

And a wonderful songster to boot !!

keps

Woodville56 wrote: »

And a wonderful songster to boot !!

Yes - they seem to punch above their weight ok

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

keps, you need to buy a good fieldguide for all these lovely birds you are portraying.

vandriver

This one is not bad

http://www.bookdepository.com/Birds-Ireland-Jim-Wilson/9781848891791

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Current thread on bird guides -
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057184744