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Post by NellyDee on Jul 23, 2016 17:31:28 GMT
Seen at Ardnamurchan Light house. Small bird with very long legs, it was crouching down when photo taken. Only managed to get one photo as it was a very fast mover.
 What Bird by Helen Skelton, on Flickr
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Post by alf1951 on Jul 23, 2016 17:37:56 GMT
I've no idea but bound to be recognised by someone. With legs like that it must be a wader?
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Post by aeshna5 on Jul 23, 2016 18:38:32 GMT
I've no idea but bound to be recognised by someone. With legs like that it must be a wader? No way a wader!  It's a songbird- a Meadow Pipit! |
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Post by NellyDee on Jul 24, 2016 9:58:27 GMT
Gosh I am a bit surprised. The Meadow Pipits I see around here seem to have much shorter legs, which is probably why I did not recognise it, legs so long in comparison to body I was convinced it must be a diddy wader. Wonder if living environment has anything to do with it. The one I see a lot of are on the pasturelands - low grass, where as this one was where the grasses reeds were very tall.
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Post by ayjay on Jul 24, 2016 11:18:52 GMT
Gosh I am a bit surprised. The Meadow Pipits I see around here seem to have much shorter legs, which is probably why I did not recognise it, legs so long in comparison to body I was convinced it must be a diddy wader. Wonder if living environment has anything to do with it. The one I see a lot of are on the pasturelands - low grass, where as this one was where the grasses reeds were very tall. I think it would be more usual to see less of the leg - in your pic you can see the toes, the foot and fib & tib, you don't have the femur on show in your pic and more often than not you wouldn't see the fib & tib, just the toes and foot (which is often mistaken for leg). Scroll down to the first pic: - birdingimagequalitytool.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/gestalt-limitations-of-leg-proportion.html |
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Post by NellyDee on Jul 24, 2016 13:58:04 GMT
That is one fascinating link ayjay, thank you! Am going to copy link to the wabbers as I am sure many will be as interested as I.
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Post by ayjay on Jul 24, 2016 21:07:23 GMT
That is one fascinating link ayjay, thank you! I just searched *google images* for *bird leg parts* and picked what looked the best option.  |
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It's a songbird- a Meadow Pipit!
