Whats this bird

[jimmy]

Try this one for size Nigel.:):) http://www.feathered-friends.co.uk/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=30&stc=1

[kenny]

thats easy jimmy its a NOT THIS TIME bird.do i get a prize


ken

[kenny]

its a thrush

[jimmy]

No its not a Thrush Kenny :)

[chris]

i know!!!

it's a BIRD:lol: :lol: :lol:

Chris

[Waxbillman]

is that birds a yank, jimmy?

matthew

[jimmy]

Yes it is a bird Chris :):)

Wouldn't tell you if it was a yank Mathew, i know you have an american bird book:):)

[laurab]

Is it a Grasshopper Warbler? :?

[jimmy]

Noooooooo Laurab :razz::razz::razz:

[jimmy]

I thought this was an educated bird site (Kenny excluded), come on guys this is an easy one.:):):)

[Waxbillman]

hello Jimmy,

is it an American pipit (Anthus rubescens) or is it a sprague's Pipit (Anthus spragueii), it looks to me as if it the latter, but knowing you it will be summut else.

matthew

[rembrant]

meadow pipit..??????

[Waxbillman]

well its some Pipet anyway, surely

matthew

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Jimmy,

Is it a Tawny Pipit?

Paul.:wink:

[nigel]

Is it a blue throat ?

[jimmy]

Hi All

Yes it is a type of Pipit, but you havn't mentioned it yet :):):)

[nigel]

Sprague's Pipit

[nigel]

Rock Pipit

[nigel]

Water Pipit

[jimmy]

Keep going Nigel :):):)

[nigel]

anymore pipit's?

[nigel]

pipit, common name for a group of chiefly Eurasian and African birds that together with the wagtails constitute a subfamily of songbirds related to the Old World warblers and thrushes. Pipits are trim, slender birds with thin, pointed bills. They are chiefly terrestrial and walk or run rapidly, catching insects on or near the ground. The pipit's plumage is streaked and mottled brown; the wagtail's is more boldly patterned. Pipits resemble larks and are sometimes called field larks, or titlarks. The few American species include the water, or rock, pipit, Anthus spinoletta, which breeds in the Arctic and winters in the E United States, and the Sprague's pipit of the Great Plains, noted for the spectacular courtship flight and song of the male. The African longclaw has elongated hind toes suited to running over the veldt.
Tree pipit, water pipit

[kenny]

its a puppet no its a meadow pipit

ken

[jimmy]

Sorry Ken :)

Close Nigel :):)

[nigel]

How many damn pipits are there ?

[kenny]

is it one of them there roadrunner wagtail pipits with a bit of sandpiper pipit thrown in for good luck

ken

[kenny]

must be a spotted flycatcher then jimmy

ken

[jimmy]

Noooooooooo:):):):)

[Waxbillman]

meadow pipit
tree pipit
rock pipit
water pipit

any of them?

matt

[jimmy]

Hi Matthew,

you are half way there with the second one :):):)

[Fisherman]

A tall-tree pippit? (1/2 as much again.....)

Ha ha!

Fish

[jimmy]

A good attemp but wrong Fish :):):)

Welcome to the forum

jimmy:razz:

[dave85]

hmmmmm after reading through others answers ill guess at - lesser tree pipit or greater tree pipit?

or could it be a golden tree pipit?

im just making names up lol to see if any are right lol

Thanks
Dave H

[rembrant]

ROCK PIPIT, please god let it be a rock pipit...........

[kenny]

hi jimmy

got to be a tree creeper then

ken

[nigel]

We have tried the english version what about other languages ?

Tree pipit =

Dutch-Boompieper
German-Baumpieper
French-Pipit des arbres
Polish-Swiergotek drzewny

[nigel]

Brown Tree-pipit

[jimmy]

Hi All,

The bird is an Olive Backed Tree Pipit (don't know what that is in polish Nigel:))

I thought it best to tell you, as i wasn't sure if the colour description was part of the name or not.

Glad you never got it though :razz: