The original article correctly identifies the bird in question as a Red-winged Blackbird and includes several diagnostic photos from Scottish birders. I'm not sure why there's been any "confusion".
-Scott On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 10:49 AM, Bill Mcaneny <bmcane...@fltg.net> wrote: > To clarify (or to add to the confusion), there is a migratory thrush in > Europe that goes by the name of REDWING. It is not clear to me that the > bird in the report from Scotland is a Redwinged BLACKBIRD. The REDWING > looks superficially like the female blackbird, being brown, sort of > stripey, and showing a white eye-line. It may be unusual or even rare in > Scotland, causing some excitement. BTW, the Redwing is in the same > family (turdus) as the American Robin. Glad to be of help. > > > > Bill McAneny > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
