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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Ally on June 19, 2018, 07:35:06 PM

Title: Chick or girlfriend
Post by: Ally on June 19, 2018, 07:35:06 PM

I saw this on my late afternoon walk, so sweet and I really want to find out whether he is feeding his chick or his girlfriend. Please help.

Thanks,

Title: Re: Chick or girlfriend
Post by: thouc on June 19, 2018, 07:59:08 PM

My feeling is that it's a chick, but I don't know for sure.

Title: Re: Chick or girlfriend
Post by: Ally on June 19, 2018, 08:07:38 PM

Quote from: "thouc"

My feeling is that it's a chick, but I don't know for sure.

Thank you. I have this photo if it helps.

Title: Re: Chick or girlfriend
Post by: Brian Bailey on June 23, 2018, 05:52:19 PM

I would say it's a young bird being fed. There's a lot of speckling along the sides of the breast. Adults have a clean white breast all the way across.

BB

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Title: Re: Chick or girlfriend
Post by: Ally on June 23, 2018, 06:16:16 PM

Quote from: "Brian Bailey"

I would say it's a young bird being fed. There's a lot of speckling along the sides of the breast. Adults have a clean white breast all the way across.

BB
Thank you so much. I found another young later this week, sort of creamy yellow. lovely to see different stages of them.

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Title: Re: Chick or girlfriend
Post by: JW Mills on July 04, 2018, 07:43:00 PM

I would say adult feeding young. We've had Downies and Hairies visiting our feeder for many years and we have never seen an adult male feeding an adult female. What we have seen time after time is the adult male chasing the adult female off of the feeder.
Besides, it's that time of year, we've been seeing the adults feeding young in our yard for some time now.

Title: Re: Chick or girlfriend
Post by: Ally on July 04, 2018, 09:32:25 PM

Quote from: "JW Mills"

I would say adult feeding young. We've had Downies and Hairies visiting our feeder for many years and we have never seen an adult male feeding an adult female. What we have seen time after time is the adult male chasing the adult female off of the feeder.
Besides, it's that time of year, we've been seeing the adults feeding young in our yard for some time now.

Thank you so much for the answer.