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Old 06-05-2009, 07:03 AM   #225
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It's a Fieldfare or Turdus Pilaris (somewhat unfortunate latin name). Very common around here at least. The main picture in the article is not the way it usually looks though, in the other pics on the bottom of the article is more on the usual look, for example the middle one.
Wikipedia is fantastic. I can easily find out what the bird is called in Dutch by clicking the link 'Nederlands' on the left. The bird, though you can also find it in NL, is not common around here. We usually have blackbirds here, and sparrows are also on the uprise again, luckily, after having been decimated because of new ways of building here. The newest houses have room for sparrows again, and you can also buy tiles with sparrow burrows in them, and nesting houses especially for sparrows.
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