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White Wagtail chicks

White Wagtail chicks (Motacilla alba)

Photo by Bas
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Field Notes

Description:

this nest i found at my work , in a greenhouse.
there are totaly 5 chicks, it must be white wagtails because it's the only kind of bird that fly's around in the greenhouse.

the 3 picture is about 6 days later.
and the last pictue is how it's now after 9 days after my first spotting

Habitat:

greenhouse, farm land

Reference Links:

White Wagtail

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
Ava T-B
Please consider putting this spotting into the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082378
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Yes, you can see the colour change to pale grey so they are indeed White Wagtails.
Bas
I went there yesterday, and they where now looking already like birds. and they get like more white feathers. I will look for the adult wagtail in the green house,if i can see any differents. but i checked the birdlist of the Netherlands and there is no pied wagtail living here. sow i am not sure. but it will be a wagtail. the chicks stay for about 2/2.5 weeks in the nest. and they will be gone soon
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
I just wonder if it might be Pied Wagtail as the chicks look very dark. Pied and White are the same species but different sub-species. The young Pied is dark grey and buff below while the White is pale grey-brown and whiter below. Perhaps you will know in a few days. The adult male Pied has a very dark back while both females have grey backs

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Birds of the World
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Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
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Biodiversity in the Netherlands
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PublishedMay 14, 2011

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