Tommy PedersenMar 08, 2019Feel like female Pied Wheatear to me, but from my previous post regarding this species, it's probably a grebe or a heron ;-)
Howard HeatonMar 08, 2019I think you're correct Tommy. On the basis that there were 4 Male Pied Wheatears in the same location and I photographed another Female Pied.
Peter ArrasMar 10, 2019Hi Howard and Tommy,I would go for Desert Wheatear, but can't rule out Northern!Do you have more pictures?RegardsPeter
Mark SmilesMar 10, 2019Female Pied. Tommy may be relieved to know it's certainly not a grebe or heron. ;-)
Peter ArrasMar 12, 2019Today, I'm not agree with you, Mark!This bird fits, for me, not with a female Pied Wheatear!
Mark SmilesMar 12, 2019For me, the white that extends down the outer feathers of the tail eliminates Desert, Peter, and the drab brown, slightly greyish, mantle , head & throat, coupled with the orangey-buff wash on the breast, fits female Pied best. Compare with
Feel like female Pied Wheatear to me, but from my previous post regarding this species, it's probably a grebe or a heron ;-)
I think you're correct Tommy. On the basis that there were 4 Male Pied Wheatears in the same location and I photographed another Female Pied.
Hi Howard and Tommy,
I would go for Desert Wheatear, but can't rule out Northern!
Do you have more pictures?
Regards
Peter
No more pictures Peter. It was a one-off and far away.
Female Pied. Tommy may be relieved to know it's certainly not a grebe or heron. ;-)
Relieved I am ;-)
Today, I'm not agree with you, Mark!
This bird fits, for me, not with a female Pied Wheatear!
For me, the white that extends down the outer feathers of the tail eliminates Desert, Peter, and the drab brown, slightly greyish, mantle , head & throat, coupled with the orangey-buff wash on the breast, fits female Pied best. Compare with