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Old 02-09-10, 06:24 PM
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Couldn't get a focus on it due to the tree and the wires and background. Could be a hooded crow?


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Not sure of the first, one of the Egret family.........

Two and three look like hooded crows to me
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Agree with Cassillis. Egret family and Hooded Crows.

Anybody confirm if this is a Meadow Pipit please

MEADOW PIPIT (Anthus Pretensis) CONNAHS QUAY | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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99% sure it's a Meadow Pipet.
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Couldn't get a focus on it due to the tree and the wires and background. Could be a hooded crow?


There are only hooded crows in Europe, so its a hooded crow.

Yellow bill,shortish neck going with the picture, CATTLE EGRET, but the black legs throw me. Any clues to scale OR SIZE???

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Agree with Cassillis. Egret family and Hooded Crows.

Anybody confirm if this is a Meadow Pipit please

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Fresh plumage Medow pipit.
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Old 03-09-10, 06:50 AM
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Cattle egret with muddy feet?

(Have seen a couple of little egrets that appeared to have black feet, rahter than the regulation yellow - but were covered in mud)

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There are only hooded crows in Europe, so its a hooded crow.

Yellow bill,shortish neck going with the picture, CATTLE EGRET, but the black legs throw me. Any clues to scale OR SIZE???
It was about the size of a heron or a little egret.
The black legs threw me too but the mud could be an explanation seeing as were getting near the mud bath area.
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Go to DM Birds 2 Album

Check out Little Egret Photo in Dennis,s Album

It appears to have Black Legs!! What do you think !! let me know

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If it was about the size of a Heron it could be a Great Egret.
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