Co birders :
After the excitement of seeing the Brambling , we found a juvenile Red-throated Loon at Chatfield seen close to the dam wall from the handicapped fishing pier around midday and a Rusty Blackbird at the Plum creek delta which on a second visit at 2:30 pm increased to 2 birds ,male and immature female feeding along the muddy shoreline.
Re the Brambling and using my Collins Field Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe ( in my view still the best bird guide in the world ) I am inclining to a juvenile male on basis of strong orange of breast and upper scapulars , blackish tip to yellow bill , head pattern shows black fringes to grey ( yes grey not gray ) face feathers , little to no orange colouration around black flank spots and I thought that the white rump was tinged yellow ( mark of a juvenile ) but I would appreciate confirmation of this if anybody got a good photo of the rump. Any way I will be sending my photos to my friends in england for their comments.
John Drummond
Monument
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