From: Sak Wathanasin on
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<2018293356297955586.289441me18-privacy.net(a)news.individual.net>,
zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote:

> Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> wrote:
> > Dear Sir,
> >
> > The poor spring weather has meant that sightings have been somewhat
> > thin, but this morning on the 0611, I was able to identify from its
> > chirp and plumage, a black-backed iPad near Milton Keynes. Is this a
> > first? Alas, I could not spot its mate, but I'm sure it must have one
> > lurking in the bushes.
>
> Black-backed?
>
> Surely that's either a black-crested iPad http://j.mp/c40AuB or it's one
> that's showing its winter plumage early?

This one must still have its winter plummage on. My twitcher friends tell me
it's breeding season and we can expect to see some little ones in a couple
of weeks. Apparently, the young can be quite colourful.

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Sak Wathanasin
Network Analysis Limited
http://www.network-analysis.ltd.uk