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| Author: | Dave Bradbeer [ Wed Jan 15, 2014 2:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Central Asian Lesser Whitethroat? |
Unfortunately the bird is in a private garden in the Tetney area and the owner requests total privacy so no access i'm afraid, I have placed a couple of record pics in the discussion section of the album showing the two most salient features of this race, ( halimodendri ), after much googling last night the experts say that any Lesser Whitethroat at this time of year is almost certainly a Central Asian, i'm not saying it is or isn't but the features look good to me, all comments welcome as i have no experience of the different races of the species, the bird has been present for about a month apparently. I was taken to the house this morning by a friend of mine whose relative is the householder and i managed to take a couple of poor record shots, also a short video clip which i will post when i figure out how!, anyone know?. |
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| Author: | Anthony Bentley [ Wed Jan 15, 2014 6:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Central Asian Lesser Whitethroat? |
Looks good to me. halimodendri is the most likely especially with the white outer tail feathers. Would need to get it in hand to confirm though or pick up a feather |
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| Author: | Dave Bradbeer [ Wed Jan 15, 2014 6:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Central Asian Lesser Whitethroat? |
A couple of short video clips, first attempt at youtube so fingers crossed! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TK-l2LBVSE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVp5-VjW4Eo *Bear in mind the light was very poor and the mantle did look paler in certain light/angles. |
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| Author: | Chris Atkin [ Wed Jan 15, 2014 7:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Central Asian Lesser Whitethroat? |
Did you hear it call Dave? The Donna Nook bird in Nov 2011 was believed to probably be a Central Asian Lesser Whitethroat and gave a number of distinctive tit-like rattling calls. I heard a similar brief rattle at the start of one of your clips which may have come from the bird but can't be sure. Chris |
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| Author: | Stephen Routledge [ Wed Jan 15, 2014 7:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Central Asian Lesser Whitethroat? |
Just reiterating what Chris has wrote,the bird which Graham and Neil Drinkall found at Donna Nook in Nov 2011,was heard to give a very distinct call and also had the unusual habit for a Lesser throat of wanting to always feed low down and on the ground while we watched it.See Graham's excellent pics on his blog showing how distinct this bird was. Steve. |
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| Author: | Dave Bradbeer [ Wed Jan 15, 2014 9:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Central Asian Lesser Whitethroat? |
Yes i did my homework before i went and was hoping the bird would call, maybe it did but i did'nt hear it as i was concentrating on trying to get a decent photo ( failing miserably! ), interestingly the bird always approached the feeding area low down through a hedge. |
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| Author: | Graham Catley [ Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Central Asian Lesser Whitethroat? |
no reflection on the difficult circumstances of the video evidence but finer details clearly not visible but from what I can see; ear covert mask looks a bit obvious? - the pale panel in the closed secs and inner prims looks obvious and it does look pretty pale overall on the uppers -- would be nice to have some good stills -- these are the shots of the Donna bird http://pewit.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/des ... hroat.html http://pewit.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/few ... hroat.html http://pewit.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/central-asian.html |
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