tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post7821754241742010800..comments2023-12-22T11:51:38.762+01:00Comments on The story of our life returning to England from Braye-sous-Faye: Wood Warblers perhapsColin and Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-42184104725371031722013-09-20T18:59:03.365+02:002013-09-20T18:59:03.365+02:00Thanks Tim very interesting info.Thanks Tim very interesting info.Colin and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990185210945021818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595983014626235642.post-38275444559589094342013-09-20T09:26:17.301+02:002013-09-20T09:26:17.301+02:00They look more like Willow-Chiffs to me...
Willow ...They look more like <b>Willow-Chiffs</b> to me...<br />Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff are almost impossible to tell apart so are lumped as Willow-Chiffs by birders#... <br />unless you hear them sing...<br />Pauline tells of a clearly identified Willow Warbler that had been measured* and ringed by an expert... <br />on release it flew into a tree and went "Chiff Chaff"!<br /><br />[*There are differences in the primary wing feathers and leg colour... ALLEGEDLY!]<br /><br />[# tickers/twitchers wouldn't even bother... they had them on their tick list eons ago! They would be looking for the vague wing bars that would indicate a Siberian Chiffchaff... or even a Greenish Warbler [<i>still a brown bird</i>]!<br /><br /><b>Wood Warblers</b> are much more obviously deep yellow on the chin and breast.<br /><br />HOWEVER... young birds tend to hang around in loose gangs...<br />causing trouble....<br />[<i>no difference there then</i>]....<br />to ornithologists...<br />the bottom two pictures with a yellow tinge could almost be of a Wood Warbler.<br /><br />What they are feeding on is far easier... insects crawling amongst the needles... <br />don't forget... <br />it is all a matter of scale...<br />a tiny insect amongst those needles... <br />to them... <br />would seem like a sausage roll to us!!<br /><br />Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.com