Some pictures I took recently

Art Deko

splish

Keeled Skimmer?

Fruit1985

Some more shots taken in Phoenix Park today

• Ah Deer, Leave It Ouh
• Baby Duck I (not too sure of the type here, any help?)
• Baby Duck II (same as above)
• Robin Red Breast I
• Robin Red Breast II
• Red Eared Slider Turtle
• Red Eared Slider Turtle Family
• Swift (hard buggers to catch)
• Swifts II
• Juvenile Coot (I think)
• Mistle Thrush

OpenYourEyes

Fruit1985 wrote: »

Some more shots taken in Phoenix Park today

• Ah Deer, Leave It Ouh
• Baby Duck I (not too sure of the type here, any help?)
• Baby Duck II (same as above)
• Robin Red Breast I
• Robin Red Breast II
• Red Eared Slider Turtle
• Red Eared Slider Turtle Family
• Swift (hard buggers to catch)
• Swifts II
• Juvenile Coot (I think)
• Mistle Thrush

mandarin duck with a white mutation!

Mothman

splish wrote: »

Keeled Skimmer?

It is.
Black-tailed Skimmer also has blue abdomen, but there are a number of differences, not least the pterostigma (the coloured cell near outer part of wing) which is dark in Black-tailed, but yellow in Keeled.

Also Black-tailed Skimmer is not resident in Wexford. (If this was taken in Wexford) Though that doesn't exclude wanderers.

Art Deko

splish

Treecreeper in a grove of trees in our garden.

Art Deko

glaswegian

june 13 018 by glaswegian58, on Flickr

Cul a cnoic

Art Deko wrote: »

Art Deko wrote: »

Art Deko wrote: »

The quality of the photos on this thread are amazing and not just Art Dekos, but I do suspect that Art Deko has these birds brought to his properly lit professional studio, gets them relaxed with a nice meal, soft music and promises of stardom and then takes hundreds of photos of them and after many hours of hard work, puts one of them here for our enjoyment; or, he is just an excellent photographer putting the rest of us to shame.

Art Deko

Thank you. That made me laugh out loud :-)

dodderangler

Art Deko wrote: »

Thank you. That made me laugh out loud :-)

Come on man
Get with the times.
It's LOL.
Jeez

Pensivepuca

I don't take good photo's but I do have a very amusing wood pigeon who has been coming to my garden for years.

He tends to hang about and look in my window at times, and sometimes he has a little skirmish with the local gang of magpies over bird seed.

I also found a nesting pair of what seem to me to be Buzzards, not a good picture to be honest, I must go back soon.

When on holiday last year I seen a hawker who had to deal with pigeons so had a picture of his wonderful work partner.

Zoo4m8

I disagree! Terrific atmospheric photo of a buzzard on the ground where they spend more time then people think, well done!

Pensivepuca

Thanks, but compared to the standard of ArtDeco mine are rather dodge . The atmosphere of the buzzard was because I had to fall into a hedge and had poor zoom . I have literally 100s of local bird photos as references for drawing for my final A level year, I must share some of those pics. Glad I found this subsection of boards!

dodderangler

That Harris hawk wasn't in London by any chance there's a lad over there that uses it for the pigeons there
Also in Edinburgh and most cities
Pity can't use mine in Dublin pigeons are infesting the place. Only so much the peregrine can take

Pensivepuca

^ Yeah, Trafalgar Square it self, lovely creatures and such an old trade. As much as I have a soft spot for pigeons, keeping numbers down makes sense.

Eyepatch

Goldfinches - first I've seen at my feeeders

splish

Long-tailed Tit

Art Deko

Pensivepuca

In Derry library yesterday and a pigeon flew in :P

Collared dove in my garden today along side a wood pigeon.

Bull finches about too with baby tits.

Seen a few swifts on my walk, no pictures of those bullets.

spookwoman

Sandpiper

Blackheaded and other gulls

Gull taking off

V Bull

Some from yesterday, haven't been out in a while... all from Newcastle, Wicklow area..

Stonechat (m)..


Stonechat (f)..


Linnet (m)..


Reed Bunting (f)..


House Sparrows (j).. large family group, approx 9..


Beetle Bug..???


Whimbrel fly over.. heading south..(thanks Openyoureyes))

OpenYourEyes

V Bull wrote: »

Curlew fly over.. heading south..

Possibly a Whimbrel, just judging by the bill? It doesn't really seem to have the eyestripe Whimbrels usually have, but the beak looks a lot less curved than a Curlews. I've seen a lot more Whimbrel than Curlew around my area the past few weeks too

OpenYourEyes

A white Shag!
Presumably its leucistic, because its definitely not albino.

splish

Mothman wrote: »

It is.
Black-tailed Skimmer also has blue abdomen, but there are a number of differences, not least the pterostigma (the coloured cell near outer part of wing) which is dark in Black-tailed, but yellow in Keeled.

Also Black-tailed Skimmer is not resident in Wexford. (If this was taken in Wexford) Though that doesn't exclude wanderers.

Hi Mothman, I was just wondering what field guide you would recommend for dragonflies and damselflies. Looking online it looks like Brooks & Lewington's and Smallshire & Swash's field guides are the most popular.

V Bull

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

Possibly a Whimbrel, just judging by the bill? It doesn't really seem to have the eyestripe Whimbrels usually have, but the beak looks a lot less curved than a Curlews. I've seen a lot more Whimbrel than Curlew around my area the past few weeks too

I think you're right Openyoureyes, the legs aren't extending past the tail either, it was the wing feather pattern that I was looking at, I'll correct the title so, thanks...

soupdragon

One from a month or so ago, still in Mozambique and still not seen a single seabird - only a couple of flying fish :-(

Stonechat - male (Saxicola rubicola)

splish

Azure damselfly?

Female Emerald damselfly?

Eyepatch

Poppies with one bee

Poppy with two bees