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    Bob Davies
    Apr 13, 2019

    Call This Unknown Sparrow But Don't think It Is?

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    Spectacles and long tail make me think it's not a sparrow, but I've been wrong before, many times.



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    Bob Davies
    Apr 13, 2019

    Thanks once again Tommy. Will try Merlin, thanks.

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    Tommy Pedersen
    Apr 13, 2019
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    First time I tried it myself :-)

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    Tommy Pedersen
    Apr 13, 2019

    And to help further, using the Merlin Bird ID app on my iPhone, it identified the image as Ortolan :-)


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    Apr 13, 2019
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    http://merlin.allaboutbirds.org

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    Tommy Pedersen
    Apr 13, 2019

    This is a stunning male Ortolan Bunting :-)

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    Bob Davies
    Apr 13, 2019

    Is it an Ortalan Bunting? Her's another image.


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