This is a pied Blackbird. I think he is rather handsome
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This is a pied Blackbird. I think he is rather handsome
An interesting bird Beryl, who's bill seems a little bigger than is the norm, unless the photograph deceives.
Pete.
I know. But I can only see it is a blackbird. I have never seen another bid of that size and colour and it was singing the same songs that a blackbird sings look a bit Vulture-ish
Just checked th other photos of him and although blurred the beak is rather large er than a normal blackbird
It has to be a Blackbird Beryl but the books describe both the bill and eye-ring as 'yellow' whereas your photo shows them to be 'orange' so something of an added mystery there don't you think? But the white feathering around the throat/face side/behind the eye is certainly albino-ism surely.
Isn't birding intriguing at times!
Pete.
I would say Pied they are fairly common .
If it was an Albino it would be all white and if Leucistic very pale
Beryl, to put this record straight.
The bird you photographed can only be a Blackbird and I think I need to correct myself in saying this is a 'partial' albino bird rather than refering to it as an 'albino'(ism). Your use of the word 'Pied' can only mean this.
Pete.
Yes you are right.partially . But normally referred to a Pied meaning patchy or blotchy. I captured a Pied Flycatcher last week and the RSPB terms it as Pied
He isn't too much though just enough to make him rather pretty
this is very similar to the pics of the blackbird i posted on the 18th of feb.
there was another bird on our local park that looked like it was wearing spectacles, with the albino patterning around his face.
i also remember on frequenting our back garden when i was a small boy. this was particularly patchy.:)
Yes It seams fairly common in blackbirds. I posted a pied Jackdaw while back
I just love pied blackbirds, I have seen one at Pennington Flash well spotted Beryl:)
Thanks Babs :)
The best ever experience I had regarding an albino bird was many years ago at Marton Mere in Blackpool, when 'thousands' of Starlings were gathering at dusk to go to roost. The mass contained this albino bird which was - as you can imagine - incredibly easy to pick out even without the aid of binoculars.
A quite extraordinary sight the spectacle of which continued for several minutes.
Pete.
I should think it would. We have a lot of starling down here I think they are very pretty when the sun pick up their colours