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Help identify bird

Help identify bird


Postby rodderss » Sun May 16, 2021 11:41 am

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Re: Help identify bird

Postby jmarkb » Sun May 16, 2021 11:53 am

Could be a sparrowhawk based on the barred underwing pattern?

When you upload images on here, they get downsized to 800 pixels wide, so you are maybe losing a lot of detail from the original - it might help if you could either crop the image before posting, or upload the original to an image hosting site and post a link to it.
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Re: Help identify bird

Postby KatTai » Sun May 16, 2021 1:13 pm

Looks like there is a hint of red on the rump so I's go with greater spotted woodpecker.
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Re: Help identify bird

Postby CharlesT » Sun May 16, 2021 1:47 pm

KatTai wrote:Looks like there is a hint of red on the rump so I's go with greater spotted woodpecker.

Agree, Greater Spotted Woodpecker.

While we're about it have you any more "Spot the Bird" pictures for us Rodders. :lol:
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Re: Help identify bird

Postby rodderss » Sun May 16, 2021 7:03 pm

Thank you all.noted re sizing.

Woodpecker sounds about right as loads come to our feeders.

Have lots more.new toy thanks to being sold on the camera by the article by Ben Dolphin on here

The camera was supposed to be pointing on the ground to find the culprits that are digging up my grass (probably badgers) somehow ended up pointing at the trees.300 phots of pretty much nothing.
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Re: Help identify bird

Postby rodderss » Sun May 16, 2021 7:09 pm

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