can anyone ID this bird?

[phil b]

hi all, can anybody id this bird that i spotted in my garden this morning, have looked through a couple of bird books and the net but can't seem to find it

[flagpole]

It looks like a Canary/Sparrow cross!!!

Very pretty

[Andy H]

Great pictures i would say its escaped from somebodys avery

[Crepuscular Ray]

have asked birdie friends - they used to run an RSPB reserve, so hopefully should know. My (uneducated) guess would be an albino sparrow. Anyway, that's a great photo of a v. pretty bird.

[disco-barry]

Looks like a canary to me!....

[parmenides3]

Could be a part-Bengalese Finch (aviary bird). The yellow looks Canary-ish.

:)P

Quick check suggests it's a canary - some of the bars/colours are similar to the wild canary - probably a standard sport from an aviary - too light to be a wild one, & the wrong place.

[barbienightmare]

green finch or a siskin which is similar ? both common garden birds

lovley photos btw.

[Louby]

could be a young Serin

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Sparrowhawk

[Greyowl]

its a Gloucester Canary.

I used to have an aviary full of them.

[Hiya]

Yup definatly a canary, I used to work in a pet shop full of them.

btw what kinda camera you got?

[Mondy]

I guess it's dead now :lol:

[Glideslope]

Cant identify this one either... :lol:

http://www.humandescent.com/VersionNew/dis...age&img=585

[Mondy]

Canine-ary? :lol:

[Rustynailer]

Immature Summer Tanager in yellow, they are usually red :lol: Now that would bring all the Twichers in the Northern Hemisphere to your door in 10 seconds flat

I am working at an RSPB reserve tomorrow, if you have no definitive answer by tomorrow morning ill take a print to the reserve warden, if he does not know he will ask his boss at head office no doubt, as they will have an interest for obvious reasons.

It is probably some sort of cross breed IOM but i am no expert.

Russ

I see that canary is the answer, arr well..............

[phil b]

I am still not convinced that the bird is a canary, did think it maybe a canary/sparrow cross - although I am no expert. Russ I would be grateful if you would take the photo to work to see if you colleagues could help with the ID. The bird did appear tame sitting in the garden for an hour eating while two of my cats were running around... : :lol: For those interested took photos with a canon 5d and 100-400l lens

[Greyowl]

Variegated canaries (such as the one in your picture) are quite common and regulary sold in pet shops. Canaries can vary in colour from white, grey,red to dark green and of course the yellow tweetie pie ones.

I'm sure you will find that its a canary. Be nice if it was something more unusual though Phil.

[Mondy]

Slightly off-topic. There was a good article on the Beeb website recently about parakeets, and how in Britain many more are settling. Other birds have seemingly taken to them and count them as mates in the bird world :lol:

I've a parakeet who probably needs set free...like most pets he expects great quantities of food and attention

Ah, here is the article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6478911.stm

[Greyowl]

Slightly off-topic. There was a good article on the Beeb website recently about parakeets, and how in Britain many more are settling. Other birds have seemingly taken to them and count them as mates in the bird world :lol:

I've a parakeet who probably needs set free...like most pets he expects great quantities of food and attention

Ah, here is the article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6478911.stm

There are some large colonies of ring necked parakeets around here Mondy.

[Mondy]

Yeah,mate.. i honestly didn't know about there living quarters in the UK. Just found it interesting, but i am quite nerdy.lol

[kar999]

They can be quite tame like most parrots. I've also met a few women who have had a cockatoo in their hand.

:lol:

[Karen Ann]

Definately a canary! IMO. Just asking my sis to have a look too. The size in comparison to the tit next to it is also a good indication.

[Paul Sherman]

Deary Me, Tits & Cock toos in this thread, looks like a Canary to me which has probably escaped from a "Phillip Avery"

Boom Boom

Paul S

[Glideslope]

Crossed with a lettuce.... :lol: ...........

[maryh]

Greyowl and others have it right I think. A Canary, IMHO.

I do like Squitters canary lettuce cross :lol: Or maybe it had been overdosing on ckickweed!

It looks rather like one we had as kids, Pepe was his name. Don't you think so Karen ann?

Oh, I'm her sister by the way and she asked me to take a look.

I do wonder if it will survive long, food should be ok, but the cold, i don't know.