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Post by Tpgettys on Jun 1, 2015 22:43:01 GMT
Puffed up on a Windy day. I am curious if someone knows what it is. It makes clicking noises by snapping its tail features together.  |
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Post by BuckSkin on Jun 2, 2015 2:49:16 GMT
I don't know what type bird, but it is a good close shot. To my eye, he/she has a slight purplish color, but I don't think it's a martin.  |
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Post by craftysnapper on Jun 2, 2015 8:37:20 GMT
Nice shot and I'm sorry I can't help with the ID being from the UK but from the beak it looks like a member of the finch family.
I agree with buckskin about the colour balance being off.
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Post by bokeh on Jun 2, 2015 9:18:56 GMT
I don't know what kind of bird it is but on my screen the body colours start as a reddish-pink at the top (just below the head) then fades to a bluish grey in the middle and then to near white on the underside of the belly. I have no idea what the colours should be in real life for that bird......aaahhhh the joys of comparing images and their colours on different screens. No two screens will display a given image the same way. If everyone had their screens calibrated then comparing images online might become relevant, but that's never going to happen so imho comparing image colours from different screens is approaching meaningless since we have no control over how each user has configured their screen regarding brightness, saturation, hue etc etc. I wonder what colours tpgettys sees on the bird on his screen  |
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Post by dicklaxt on Jun 2, 2015 10:13:39 GMT
Aha!!!!! if you Google "Oregon Junco" and select "Images" I think you just might find that little guy,,,many color variations
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Post by Bayla on Jun 2, 2015 10:24:17 GMT
Tom, Been doing a bit of research (googled 'Identify bird seen in Oregon' and went on from there) and I think it looks a bit like a Dark-eyed Junco scroll down in the link & there's three pictures - the one on the right looks very close- what do you think? Bayla EDIT: Dick was quicker posting than me (got sidetracked with a cup of tea), but we came to same conclusion! |
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Post by bokeh on Jun 2, 2015 10:40:41 GMT
Great work Detectives dicklaxt and Bayla.
I'm no bird watch but out of curiosity I did what you both suggested and yes, those two types of birds seem to match the one in the OP's photo.
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Post by dicklaxt on Jun 2, 2015 11:44:57 GMT
I think tpgettys got the wrong end making clicking noises ( smile ),,,,,,,,,,,,,the birds of my Purple Martin Colony also make a clicking sound but it's a form of chatter ( Mating time ), they also ruffle their feathers for many reasons,probably the most common is during their preening but they also do it as a mating thing, maybe a ploy to make a female think he is bigger than he really is.
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Post by Tpgettys on Jun 2, 2015 15:19:13 GMT
I think tpgettys got the wrong end making clicking noises ( smile ),,,,,,,,,,,,,the birds of my Purple Martin Colony also make a clicking sound but it's a form of chatter ( Mating time ), they also ruffle their feathers for many reasons,probably the most common is during their preening but they also do it as a mating thing, maybe a ploy to make a female think he is bigger than he really is. dick You may well be right dick, I am no birder. Both me and my wife thought the click was coming from the tail feathers, but that motion may have been coincidental. There was a recording that sounded quite a bit like what we hear, and it was called a "chip note". |
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Post by cats4jan on Jun 3, 2015 0:53:38 GMT
I was thinking fledgling. So many birds look different from their mature selves, but you guys seem to have identified the mystery bird. I need to hop over to see those are juncos.
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