Fantastic - is this the replacement for Mr McKerchar's Mystery Bird Competition (rather than some obscure dodgy photo, an obscure dodgy description) - I'm in !!!!!
I'm going for Siberian Thrush ????
(apologies Matt - can't think of anything obvious)
A non birding friend of mine has tried to describe a bird to me. He described it as having:-
'A black cap/head with a white strip, rest of body was brown and grey.'
I immediately thought, coal tit, until he said:-
And the size of a starling, and was not as agile as the tits around the feeder!
I tried to vision what a non birder would see or not see and sent him pics of Redwing, Fieldfare, House Sparrow, Long Tailed Tit, Black Cap etc with no luck.
He then sent me a pic of a White Crowned Sporrow and said, like that but without the outer white strips!
I then sent Reed Bunting with no luck again!
So I am wondering if you guys have an idea what he could have seen!
