A bad photo but just curious to see if anyone knows the name of this young bird eating under our bird table this morning.
To me it looks like a young pheasant but do pheasants have red beaks?
The size of a large crow it was on it's own & we have never seen it before.
Would be interesting to know what others think!!
Taken through utility room window in the rain so poor focus I'm afraid!
@snowy Have been checking too Diana & think it's possibly a young Red legged Partridge.....the picture is pretty poor. Thanks for your input !! Perhaps someone else will know for sure!
@maggiemae You're right maggiemae, wonder if they are called by different names in different countries? I do notice when people put names of different birds up here that they look the same as our birds but have a completely different name!
That would be right - reading the info on Sean's referral, they make a sound like, chukka,chukka chuff! Hence the name for the American bird! Isn't it great what we learn!
I agree with Sean @seanoneill Had one a couple of years ago coming into my garden & with the aid of my bird book recognized it as a Red -legged Partridge
@farmreporter Yes so good to see all these new birds arrive. We have started feeding Woodland Crumble on the ground which attracts the crows & rooks but also some different birds such as these.
Very interesting bird. I would love to put out bird feed again, but the Grackles have taken over and ran most of the small birds away, except for the Mockingbirds.
@grannysue Yes our small birds are being swamped by the very large ones a little bit, might have to give up putting seeds on the ground to discourage them.
