26th September 2014 - Young Blackbird again by pamknowler

26th September 2014 - Young Blackbird again

Another shot of the bird which I think looks like a young female blackbird - with a strange head!! You can see its poor foot in this shot. He chases the robin off of the mealworms!!

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Well this explains it then. You are in England and I am in America the birds a totally different here than they are there. I don't have any books on European Birds so I really can't answer your question. Hopefully someone from your side of the pond will see this and answer it for you. Especially after this wonderful capture that you've done.
September 26th, 2014  
Beautiful capture:)
September 26th, 2014  
Great coloring on this. Is one leg and foot funny (not normal maybe?)
September 27th, 2014  
Beautiful shot.
September 27th, 2014  
Lovely close up. He sure looks plump so his lame foot isn't holding him back.
September 27th, 2014  
@sailingmusic one leg definitely deformed. Poor little bird.
September 27th, 2014  
Nice catch of him though
September 27th, 2014  
Great capture, composition, light.
September 27th, 2014  
The colouring makes him appear to be a bit tatty! He looks well fed so his deformed foot obviously doesn't hamper him in any way.
September 27th, 2014  
Fabulous. Fav
September 27th, 2014  
Love the POV
September 27th, 2014  
I thought cowbird so I found this site http://www.birdguides.com/species/species.asp?sp=160094
What do you think?
September 27th, 2014  
@joansmor Just checked it out as I have never heard of this bird in the UK but it seems there have been sightings. When you look closely at the beak I don't think it's a cowbird. I am still thinking a UK blackbird - maybe the head has moulted and it is yet to grow it's adult feathers? Thanks for looking!!
September 27th, 2014  
@pamknowler Admittedly by sister @janiskay is much better than me at this. But when I want to find something I just type in the search bar what I think is close. Tree with purple flower, European black bird and then usually click on pictures. Amazing what you can find. But I did forget to check the beak. Probably needed more coffee.
September 27th, 2014  
Great shot!
September 27th, 2014  
Magnificent capture.
September 28th, 2014  
Looks a little less chubby. Too bad about his foot. Nice shot.
September 29th, 2014  
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