Thanks Ian looks like I don't know my J's from my R's
Roy King said
Mon Mar 24 6:44 PM, 2014
thanks.............
Roy King said
Mon Mar 24 6:43 PM, 2014
I'm confused I've seen Jays many times these didn't have the distinctive pattern on their back.. Just read up on Jay,s it would seem this is there type of behaviour.. i quote..
The Jays tend to visit the garden in pairs, though there are often three or four birds and then some rivalry becomes apparent - one or more birds of an assumed pair chasing the others.
The Jay is a colourful crow that is about the same size as a Jackdaw.
They are mostly a pinkish brown, the underparts being slightly paler. The head has a black and white flecked crown, black moustache and white throat. The white rump contrasts starkly with the black tail. The iris of the eye is a pale blue, the bill is black and the legs are pink-brown. The wings are mostly black with white patches but also have striking blue patches, but close to these wing patches are actually bands of graduated shades of blue:
Thanks for all your help looks like they are Jay's
-- Edited by Roy King on Monday 24th of March 2014 06:44:15 PM
Tony Coatsworth said
Mon Mar 24 5:42 PM, 2014
There were 4 Jays up and down Alan Rd Withington on Friday 21st - definitely screeching and fighting.
fredford said
Mon Mar 24 4:22 PM, 2014
Fieldfares? Mistle thrushes?
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 24th of March 2014 04:47:24 PM
Roy King said
Mon Mar 24 2:00 PM, 2014
hi not jays thats for sure...thanks
anthony capuano said
Mon Mar 24 1:58 PM, 2014
sound like Jays same size as magpies often squabble with them and often first thing to alert you to them is the racket they make!
Roy King said
Mon Mar 24 1:27 PM, 2014
I have spotted 4 unusual birds in the Didsbury Withington area for the last 2 weeks. They don't hang around for long so my description may be a bit blurred. They are roughly the size of a magpie without the long tail. Colour, light brown with small (black and white stripes ??) around small beaks. Possible markings on wings They make a loud screaming noise like a parrot and seem to be in an agitated state. This morning 4 of them were in a tree by my house in Withington and were physically fighting with each other until 2 magpies attacked them. They are not green parakeets that live in Didsbury. I have searched the European book of birds without a match.... Can you help ?? Roy 07916 253231
Just read up on Jay,s it would seem this is there type of behaviour.. i quote..
The Jays tend to visit the garden in pairs, though there are often three or four birds and then some rivalry becomes apparent - one or more birds of an assumed pair chasing the others.
The Jay is a colourful crow that is about the same size as a Jackdaw.
They are mostly a pinkish brown, the underparts being slightly paler. The head has a black and white flecked crown, black moustache and white throat. The white rump contrasts starkly with the black tail. The iris of the eye is a pale blue, the bill is black and the legs are pink-brown. The wings are mostly black with white patches but also have striking blue patches, but close to these wing patches are actually bands of graduated shades of blue:
Thanks for all your help looks like they are Jay's
-- Edited by Roy King on Monday 24th of March 2014 06:44:15 PM
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 24th of March 2014 04:47:24 PM
They don't hang around for long so my description may be a bit blurred. They are roughly the size of a magpie without the long tail. Colour, light brown with small (black and white stripes ??) around small beaks. Possible markings on wings
They make a loud screaming noise like a parrot and seem to be in an agitated state. This morning 4 of them were in a tree by my house in Withington and were physically fighting with each other until 2 magpies attacked them. They are not green parakeets that live in Didsbury. I have searched the European book of birds without a match.... Can you help ?? Roy 07916 253231