Some pictures I took recently

Eyepatch

Menage a trois?

whyulittle

Meadow Pipit

Bonedigger

Starling and House Sparrow



Starling Sturnus vulgaris




Black Darter Sympetrum danae
I spotted this dragonfly in Clongorey Bog in Co.Kildare, and it was my first time to see one.






Canary-shouldered Thorn moth Ennomos alniaria






Kestrel Falco tinnunculus



Kestrel and Crow



Common Pheasant (m) Phasianus colchicus

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And these were on the Menu.....

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keps

Banks of the Liffey today

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Any idea what type of bee it is ? it looks silver or white in colour ,ive never seen a bee like that.....

keps

Nightforce 65X55 wrote: »

Any idea what type of bee it is ? it looks silver or white in colour ,ive never seen a bee like that.....

Well - after Splish saying that there are 1000's of hoverflies etc - I would not hazard a guess- but just to say this guy was not in the least bit white when he went into the flower- so I presume this is pollination in action?

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keps wrote: »

Well - after Splish saying that there are 1000's of hoverflies etc - I would not hazard a guess- but just to say this guy was not in the least bit white when he went into the flower- so I presume this is pollination in action?

I'm home now and I can see more detail on the bee, and it does look like a dusting of pollen on its head and back, on the phone it just looks like a white bee....

keps

One last one from today(well yesterday now!)


Master of all he surveys

keps

Took delivery of a tamron 150-600mm lens ( ebay) late this afternoon... managed to get a few shots with it in the garden while there was some light.
Think I like it:)

Blue Tit



Chaffinch




Not too sure? Sparrow?



Cropped a bit

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Best of luck with the new lens keps. Looking sharp so far....

vistafinder

Enjoy the new lens keps. It will get good use.

gzoladz

keps wrote: »

Took delivery of a tamron 150-600mm lens ( ebay) late this afternoon... managed to get a few shots with it in the garden while there was some light.
Think I like it:)

Enjoy the lens! I am wondering if our outing last week had anything to do with it

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keps wrote: »

Took delivery of a tamron 150-600mm lens ( ebay) late this afternoon.]

600 mm....drool Can you send me some info on the lenses or a link?

Bonedigger

keps wrote: »

Took delivery of a tamron 150-600mm lens ( ebay) late this afternoon... managed to get a few shots with it in the garden while there was some light.
Think I like it:)

Welcome to the club keps! It's a fantastic lens and you won't be disappointed with it. Enjoy!

keps

gzoladz wrote: »

Enjoy the lens! I am wondering if our outing last week had anything to do with it

Main reason I felt I needed a ( reasonably priced)longer lens was that I am now using a full frame camera.
So my 300mm which evolved into a 450mm with my previous DX camera is now back to a miserly 300mm with full frame.
Similarly the 400mm( nikon zoom) is back from 600mm with the DX to 400mm(at max extension) with the FX.:)

keps

Here's one( now two) from a while back( but not put up here before).

I've looked through any of my decent Jay photos since I read on the Birdwatch site that Ireland has its own distinct race of Jay
(Garrulus glandarius hibernicus) .

So, the Jay is one of only three (or possibly four) recognised Irish bird sub-species.

YAY for the( Irish) JAY

Bonedigger

Female Sparrowhawk feeding on a Woodpigeon
I found a freshly killed Woodpigeon in a field yesterday evening, but there was no sign of a predator about. I reckoned the predator would return, so I hid in a nearby hedgerow, and after what seemed an eternity, this female Sparrowhawk arrived on the scene. She spent almost twenty minutes or more plucking the feathers before feasting. I've uploaded this footage on the "Some videos I took recently" thread.

keps

@Bonedigger.
Fantastic photos and footage( over on the video thread)!
Well done on your insight and patience.

Bonedigger

keps wrote: »

@Bonedigger.
Fantastic photos and footage( over on the video thread)!
Well done on your insight and patience.

Thanks keps!
Patience is something I thought I didn't have, but you certainly need it in this game! I was waiting for quite some time, and was about to head off when I noticed several pheasants (males and females) in the corner of the field; distracted by the pheasants, I didn't see the arrival of the Sparrowhawk, so you can imagine my surprise.

vandriver

IMG_20151014_151249 by vandriver, on Flickr

Anyone Id?

Bonedigger

vandriver wrote: »

IMG_20151014_151249 by vandriver, on Flickr

Anyone Id?

My guess would be Shaggy Scale-Head Pholiota squarrosa.

keps

Took the Tamron lens for its first outing to Lucan Demesne today - got lucky with a couple of kingfisher shots

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keps wrote: »

Took the Tamron lens for its first outing to Lucan Demesne today - got lucky with a couple of kingfisher shots

OK . I'm sold I need to buy a 600 mm lenses.

vandriver

Poppy Future Farmer wrote: »

OK . I'm sold I need to buy a 600 mm lenses.

And know where 'fishers hang out

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vandriver wrote: »

And know where 'fishers hang out

Its OK, he'll tell me over coffee soon enough

keps

I really don't know where the kingfishers 'hangout'.
I do a walk and wait most mornings along the Lucan Demesne stretch of the Liffey.
Somedays I don't see one at all, other days I catch a glimpse of one in flight.
And on lucky days I see one 'settle' in a position where I can get a decent pic. A lot of patience and luck involved.:)

Edit> BTW the first photo above was taken with the zoom @320mm.

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keps wrote: »

I really don't know where the kingfishers 'hangout'.
I do a walk and wait most mornings along the Lucan Demesne stretch of the Liffey.
Somedays I don't see one at all, other days I catch a glimpse of one in flight.
And on lucky days I see one 'settle' in a position where I can get a decent pic. A lot of patience and luck involved.:)

Made much easier with a long lenses

keps

As GRR Martin might say' A Feast for Crows'.

Lucan today