This
was a very busy Song Thrush at the Keukenhcf Gardens in Holland where it was collecting
food to feed her young that nested in a beautiful white blossom tree nearby. I am
linking this post with SATURDAY CRITTERS.
Now it is intesting that the first 2 people who commented mentioned about the stripes and polka dots and if you look closely, this thrush has neither and in fact this is one way of IDing it from a Miatle Thrush in the UK. This Song Thrush's markings are more like the head of an arrow pointing upwards. The Mistle Thrush's markings are more like dots. Hope this helps.
Many
thanks for your visit and also your comments.
Have a lovely weekend.
Very good pictures! We have a thrush here that is called a Nightingale. This is because they sing at night. He does look like this bird! Only no stomach stripes.
ReplyDeleteLove those polka dots...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images, Margaret. Interesting to see the arrow-shaped marks. We have a Babbler here in South Africa called just that: Arrow Marked Babbler. Thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful day. Jo
ReplyDeleteThats a bird who visit our garden often. Have a nice weekend.
ReplyDeleteObserving a Song Thrush Margaret, such a rare event nowadays.
ReplyDeleteFantastic shots of the bird.
ReplyDeleteI wish I saw more Song Thrushes than I do, Margaret. They're a very rare visitor to our garden, and I don't see many of them when I'm out in the countryside also.
ReplyDeleteSorry I've not been by for a while. Thank you for visiting my blog.
With my best wishes - - - Richard
Lovely photos. I find the various Thrushes hard to ID.
ReplyDeleteLovely macro shots of our 'feathered friends' ~ thanks,
ReplyDeleteHappy Mother's Day ~ ^_^
Well regardless, it looks to be in charge of whatever it's doing.... Very nice pictures.
ReplyDeleteLovely Song Thrush shots. :)
ReplyDeleteApologies for lack of comments recently - still caught up with time consuming matters at my mother's house so, although I read posts, I don't always get time to comment. Really enjoying your Holland posts - bringing back memories as my grandparents took me there on a day trip when I was a child to see the tulips :)
What a cute little bird!
ReplyDeleteHello, what a pretty bird ! Awesome shots.
ReplyDeleteI am still running a little behind visiting my critter links! Thanks so much for linking up, have a great new week ahead!
Strange as it may seem, this bird does not seem to have done too well in Australia - it was introduced long with a number of other common UK species, but it's one of the few not to have made the most of its chances!
ReplyDeleteCheers - Stewart M - Melbourne