Sunday 7 August 2011

Lesser Whitethroat (?)

My thanks to Keith for confirming my ID.

A short while ago I was watching the House Sparrows actually forcing the Starlings to vacate the feeders when I happened to notice a different bird on the cables leading to the shed. At first glance I thought it was a Blackcap. Anyway I grabbed the camera which I always leave on multi shot and fired off a few seconds. It wasn't until I looked at the results and checked with my books that what I had seen best fitted the pictures and description of the Lesser Whitethroat. Definitely a first for my garden whatever it was.

Lesser Whitethroat 1b

Lesser Whitethroat 2

10 comments:

  1. YES! that's me done. A grand picture of whatever it is.

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  2. Wow John!
    Superb pictures; and yes, a Lesser. What a fantastic garden visitor. Nice one.

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  3. Thanks for the ID Keith. I was lucky it stayed out in the open for a short while.

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  4. Brilliant, John... love your new visitor and photos!

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  5. Thank you Shirl. I was really lucky to be looking out of the kitchen window for the short time it was there.

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  6. Nicely captured of a cute bird!

    Cassy from Acoustic Guitar Online

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  7. What a beautiful little bird :) It's exciting to find a new visitor to photograph, isn't it?

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  8. Thank you for visiting Cassy and for your kind comment.

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  9. Yes Glo. It is always a thrill to spot a new visitor to the garden.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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