New Garden Tick - Willowchiff!
Willow Warbler or Chiffchaff?
I only saw it very briefly, I just had time to pick up my bins - a photo wasn't an option, unfortunately.
It landed (well, it was already there when I saw it) under one of the feeders (it didn't feed). I noticed it wasn't a usual visitor, grabbed my binoculars, had a quick look, and then ... Gone! Definitely either a Willow Warbler or a Chiffchaff. I didn't get chance to see its legs and it didn't do the decent thing by singing for me ;o) It had a brown back, and the yellow stripe above the eyes was very distinct.
I've been half hoping/expecting a Chiffchaff to arrive at some point as I hear them regularly from the garden during the spring.
I vote Chiffchaff!
What-ever-it-was takes the garden total (birds which land in the garden) to 31 in the fifteen months we have been here.
I shouldn't really count it as there was no positive ID :o(
I only saw it very briefly, I just had time to pick up my bins - a photo wasn't an option, unfortunately.
It landed (well, it was already there when I saw it) under one of the feeders (it didn't feed). I noticed it wasn't a usual visitor, grabbed my binoculars, had a quick look, and then ... Gone! Definitely either a Willow Warbler or a Chiffchaff. I didn't get chance to see its legs and it didn't do the decent thing by singing for me ;o) It had a brown back, and the yellow stripe above the eyes was very distinct.
I've been half hoping/expecting a Chiffchaff to arrive at some point as I hear them regularly from the garden during the spring.
I vote Chiffchaff!
What-ever-it-was takes the garden total (birds which land in the garden) to 31 in the fifteen months we have been here.
I shouldn't really count it as there was no positive ID :o(
posted by The Bird Woman at 2:50 PM
1 Comments:
I had a similar experience last Spring, but I came down in favour of Willow Warbler, it just had the look of a Warbler, mainly because of the legs. It is very annoying when you cannot have a definate id. Still a bit of exitement trying to decide. Congrats on your ChiffChaff.
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