Any ideas here please

***Chocky*** · 24-12-2007, 06:45 PM

This bird is large but I don't think it is a Song Thrush but it might be . What do you make of it any one please?

It was an extremely dull mis, day so the photos are not good

**andy b** · 27-12-2007, 09:32 AM

hi chocky, are you sure this bird was large? it looks to me like a female siskin feeding on alder. though siskins are only tiny little things!! this is the time of year to find siskins popping up. the male would have a little black bib and dark crown

***Chocky*** · 27-12-2007, 10:11 AM

It was high up and it was about blackbird size. certainly didn't behave like a song thrush and it doesn't look like none to me. I thought the tail wasn't quite right but I don't know. I don't know what colour Siskins are

Here is the photo with just a fraction of unsharp mask only and another sitting near and it does seam to have a little yellow too

Extra
Having just watched the video, they are the same size a the green finch . I know they are not green finch because when I was capturing them on the camcorder I remember thinking I had never seen them before and I know the Greefinch well and it's dreadful call

**andy b** · 27-12-2007, 12:32 PM

100 % siskins chocky. they have greeny backs with a yellow wing bar. they have a streaked belly. and theforked tail with rounded

edges

***Chocky*** · 27-12-2007, 12:48 PM

Great. Thanks andy

The video is better and I thing the last one I uploaded is better than the three I tampered with.
I was given a Laptop for Christmas and am getting used to the different screen, also have software at home that I need to input

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andy b Regular Member Info Location: preston, lancashire Gallery: 0 Equipment: for the last 8 yrs i have used a kowa 60 mm scope, but hve recently bought an opticron hr66 ga. i too have have used a homemade digiscoping adaptor with my kowa.i used two different sized bushes to accomodate the scope eyepiece and camera lense.( with some good results!).... budget has always been a massive factor with my hobby. having a family, there are always other things which take financial p Posts: 523 Join Date: Oct 2007 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	100 % siskins chocky. they have greeny backs with a yellow wing bar. they have a streaked belly. and theforked tail with rounded edges

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