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Discussion => General Discussions => Topic started by: beresford on May 05, 2011, 11:51:13 AM

Title: yellow bellied chickadee
Post by: beresford on May 05, 2011, 11:51:13 AM

I was at Bowmanville Valley last weekend with my sons when I noticed a chickadee... I just happened to have my binos with me and when I tracked it down I was surprised to see it had a bright yellow belly.

Has anybody ever heard of this before? Could it have mated with a warbler? Sounds funny but it makes me wonder...

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance
-Tim-

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Post by: Kin Lau on May 05, 2011, 01:33:39 PM

Probably an escapee European Tit (not sure how many varieties there are, but there seems to be a few), a cousin of the chickadee.

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Post by: Reuven_M on May 05, 2011, 03:05:06 PM

I'd think more likely some sort of staining.
Escaped blue tits and great tits are occasionally seen, but they look very different from a chickadee in other ways too.