Wild Birbs

[BrandonsBirbs]

Wild coots and their chicks, we know them here to be the loud and angry little birdies on the water, always up for a fight! Their feet are fantastic but also kind of gross. Quite common here in England but still very impressive in my opinion.

 

[Callender Girl]

Some lovely birds and nice photos!

In some parts of the U.S., comorants are known as "hell divers" because of their ability to plunge into the water, strike and return to the surface.

Your English robins certainly look different than the ones we have in Iowa. Ours don't seem particularly aggressive, either, Unless you almost step on one of their young ones.

While searching for hidden runner duck eggs in a bunch of trumpet vines, I looked down just in time to NOT crush a robin fledgling who wasn't too keen on flight yet. His desperate parents began screaming at me and flying hysterically. It only got worse when Junior hopped into an open chicken run, and I had to scoop him up to keep him away from my bullying birds. All is well now.

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

Some lovely birds and nice photos!

In some parts of the U.S., comorants are known as "hell divers" because of their ability to plunge into the water, strike and return to the surface.

Your English robins certainly look different than the ones we have in Iowa. Ours don't seem particularly aggressive, either, Unless you almost step on one of their young ones.

While searching for hidden runner duck eggs in a bunch of trumpet vines, I looked down just in time to NOT crush a robin fledgling who wasn't too keen on flight yet. His desperate parents began screaming at me and flying hysterically. It only got worse when Junior hopped into an open chicken run, and I had to scoop him up to keep him away from my bullying birds. All is well now.

Thank you.

Thats a pretty awesome nickname to have! I'm yet to see them leave their perch, their lake is very shallow (under 4 metres deep) so I guess they must be quite lazy lol!

Oh really? Naturally just assumed all robins would be the same! Will have to look yours up and see the difference. Ours are very passive to bigger birds but from what I was reading they are very rude to smaller ones haha.

Amazing! Birds may be beautiful but they can sometimes not be the smartest

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

Sorry I can't help more. I am not familiar with the birds of England, just North America.

That's fair enough! Appreciate you trying, thank you

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

Appears to be a juvenile thrush of some sort. Birds of prey have hooked bills.

I've tried 3 different photo identification apps for birds and they all had "mistle thrush" as a possible answer so I'll go with that! Thanks for your help

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

At a different lake, after work today!

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Great Cormorant!

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Greylag Goose

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Juvenile Moorhen

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Long-tailed tit

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Eurasion Treecreeper

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Not captured a photo of almost all of these before, I think I have ID'd them correctly but feel free to tell me if I got it wrong!

 

[Callender Girl]

To me, the biggest difference is the amount of red coloring and where it's located on the birds. Robins here don't have red on their heads, but the color goes much further down their breasts. I also thought all robins would look alike!

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

To me, the biggest difference is the amount of red coloring and where it's located on the birds. Robins here don't have red on their heads, but the color goes much further down their breasts. I also thought all robins would look alike!

Here's one I took earlier at a nearby farm, love their colour! Truly amazing little birbs

 

[StinkyAcres]

Need help with identification! I think(?) it is a baby of a bird-of-prey but to be honest I cannot find anything about them!

Appears to be a juvenile thrush of some sort. Birds of prey have hooked bills.

 

[BrandonsBirbs]

Appears to be a juvenile thrush of some sort. Birds of prey have hooked bills.

Sorry didn't realise about the bills, still learning! The breast for sure looks like a song thrush and we were on farmland. The head looks more similar to that of a baby mistle thrush.. but I am not sure! Thank you for your help!