Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Water Rail composite

I can't decide if the pattern white stripes on the flanks shown in these photos show that there are four birds here, or can they vary substantially with, say, preening. I will keep an eye out at King's Dyke and see if any of these patterns repeat. If so, perhaps it will be possible to recognise individuals and make a more accurate assessment of how many birds are present at the site...

1 comment:

Roy Norris said...

The shape, colouring and size of the beak is the only thing that should remain the same whatever Mike. Perhaps a closer examination of that may give you and idea.