Yesterday morning, the list of birds that I've only seen in a deceased state on patch, doubled!
A Puffin that Phil found washed up on Seaton Beach on a stormy winters day many many years ago has long been the only bird I've seen dead on patch but never alive. Well that was until yesterday, when Bun noticed a small brown bird lying life-less on the edge of Park Road in Beer...
A Quail! The lack of any black on throat identifies it as a female
What a surprising find - which proves these miniature game birds do pass through our patch. As you can see from the photos, it was in good nick, so before I laid it to rest in the deep freeze, I got my rulers and callipers out...
A Puffin that Phil found washed up on Seaton Beach on a stormy winters day many many years ago has long been the only bird I've seen dead on patch but never alive. Well that was until yesterday, when Bun noticed a small brown bird lying life-less on the edge of Park Road in Beer...
A Quail! The lack of any black on throat identifies it as a femaleWhat a surprising find - which proves these miniature game birds do pass through our patch. As you can see from the photos, it was in good nick, so before I laid it to rest in the deep freeze, I got my rulers and callipers out...
All measurements in mm and weight in grams:
| Wing length | 113 |
| Head and bill | 35.7 |
| Bill (from feathering) | 8.1 |
| Bill (from skull) | 11.2 |
| Tarsus | 29.5 |
| Middle toe | 26 |
| Tail | 39 |
| Weight | 97.1 |
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