livingart Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 got brought in yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 Thrush? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 Thrush? you can get cream :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrenB Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 Tawny Frogmouth? :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katrina.hughes Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 Baby thrush?... a lot of fledglings are around our place too... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 no not thrush Tawny Frogmouth? i wish doesn't fit the sparrow makeup either not a blackbird wrong colour for chaffinch or goldfinch, greenfinch etc: cuckoo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 Do cuckoo chuck the smaller siblings from the nest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 Do you know what sort of habitat was found in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 longtailed cuckoo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 I'm with Repto...Long-tailed Cuckoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 definitely a seagul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 It's a cuckoo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-obstacle Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 albatross? ALBATROSS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 yes i have been thinking long tailed cuckoo good set of legs on it makes a swee sound outer feathers on tail have cream bar running the length of the 10mm sticking out quite skinny found beside a hedgerow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwan Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 you can get cream :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malevolentsparkle Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 looks like a cuckoo to me.] albatross? ALBATROSS! what flavour is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-obstacle Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 Grumpy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 i only like the lime ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 Cute! Hope it grows up strong and healthy so we all know what it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 I would be very surprised if this was a long tailed cuckoo as they are a surprisingly large bird. Could it be a redpoll fledgling as they have similar markings when they are young? or maybe a skylark fledgling?. Looks slightly similar to this? http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/introduced-land-birds/10/3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 it is 2 times the size of a red poll already and its markings are different hope it survives it is hard raising chicks you can't identify as is it a seed eater or an insectivore or both they require different diets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 I would doubt red poll---they are sparrows that spilt the raspberry pudding down the bib. Haven't seen skylark chicks since I was a kid it Central Otago and used to spend hours going the opposite direction to the mother with the broken wing. The pictures do look very similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 thanks Alan hadn't considered skylark :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted November 26, 2010 Report Share Posted November 26, 2010 Definitely hard to ID fledglings as different species can look the same. Good luck with raising him or her livingart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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