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Some pictures I took recently

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    #6842
    keps
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    thyme wrote: »
    Two more of my new friend :D.






    Fantastic photos:)


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    #6843
    keps
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    gzoladz wrote: »
    Black Redstart


    Red Necked Grebe


    Snow Bunting

    Great photos - that Snow Bunting is a lovely looking bird


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    #6844
    katkin
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    keps wrote: »
    hooded crows


    24348012623_480ac196fe_b.jpg

    Great pic, have never seen more than two at a time.


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    #6845
    Capercaillie
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    gzoladz wrote: »
    Black Redstart

    Red Necked Grebe


    Snow Bunting
    A very productive trip to Dún Laoghaire!


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    #6846
    OpenYourEyes
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    Finally got to test my new lens out in really good sunlight today - really happy with it so far. I had been mostly using a manual focus lens up to now, so to have an autofocus lens as well as VR is a very welcome step up! :D


    24936665211_898815bdfc_c.jpgRobin by Brian, on Flickr

    25029962075_3a1075c9cd_c.jpgRobin by Brian, on Flickr

    25003896266_63cab96429_c.jpgReed Bunting (male) by Brian, on Flickr


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    #6847
    Nightforce 65X55
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    [IMG][/img]24736008040_ecf93a85eb_c.jpgSika Stag Close up by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

    [IMG][/img]25031540155_6167a01064_c.jpgSika Stag 2 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

    [IMG][/img]24938247461_89822f6929_c.jpgSika Hinds by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

    [IMG][/img]24400918804_14f7b3b310_c.jpgSika Deer by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

    [IMG][/img]24938243031_eacb75b66d_c.jpgAntlerless Sika Stag by Rod Wilson, on Flickr


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    #6848
    gzoladz
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    keps wrote: »
    Great photos - that Snow Bunting is a lovely looking bird

    Indeed he put a show for us, very tame!


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    #6849
    gzoladz
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    Capercaillie wrote: »
    A very productive trip to Dún Laoghaire!

    Great day out!

    Were you there?


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    #6850
    keps
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    After a few of visits to the garden by a Sparrowhawk- a number of birds stopped 'visiting'.
    The reed bunting, who had been a regular visitor, the pigeons and collared doves.
    In fact I saw the Sparrowhawk last Friday, close by to the house on the side of the road ,stripping the feathers off a Collared dove as I was driving down to the train station- unfortunately as I was late for the train could not even stop to take a phone photo.

    Anyway, glad to report that I spotted the Reed Bunting this morning in the neighbour's tree, still being very circumspect, looking around for a while before flying off- but at least he is casing the place again

    25016541266_f1d268ff7d_b.jpgreed bunting


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    #6851
    gillad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 368 ✭✭gillad


    I found this unusual ice formation in my rainwater tub this morning...there was no triangular shape in the tub so this formed by itself....i have it in the freezer now as it was melting.
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    #6852
    Capercaillie
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    gzoladz wrote: »
    Great day out!

    Were you there?

    Bull Island.


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    #6853
    Chisler2
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    keps wrote: »
    After a few of visits to the garden by a Sparrowhawk- a number of birds stopped 'visiting'.
    The reed bunting, who had been a regular visitor, the pigeons and collared doves.
    In fact I saw the Sparrowhawk last Friday, close by to the house on the side of the road ,stripping the feathers off a Collared dove as I was driving down to the train station- unfortunately as I was late for the train could not even stop to take a phone photo.

    Anyway, glad to report that I spotted the Reed Bunting this morning in the neighbour's tree, still being very circumspect, looking around for a while before flying off- but at least he is casing the place again



    25016541266_f1d268ff7d_b.jpgreed bunting

    It is such a conflict! I watched entranced as a a pair of eagles mating and starting nest-building today but also mourned their prey.....the small song-birds whose presence I court and enjoy so nuch in my garden.


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    #6854
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Chisler2 wrote: »
    It is such a conflict! I watched entranced as a a pair of eagles mating and starting nest-building today but also mourned their prey.....the small song-birds whose presence I court and enjoy so nuch in my garden.

    Can I ask what eagles were taking songbirds?


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    #6855
    keps
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    Jazlyn Incalculable Yo-yo wrote: »
    Can I ask what eagles were taking songbirds?

    I think the implication was that the arrival of birds of prey might frighten away smaller birds?

    It certainly happened in my case -with just the occasional visit by a sparrowhawk


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    #6856
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    keps wrote: »
    I think the implication was that the arrival of birds of prey might frighten away smaller birds?

    It certainly happened in my case -with just the occasional visit by a sparrowhawk

    Oh I get the Sparrowhawk response but it's Eagles that I'm curious about. Songbirds here don't scatter when our Buzzards appear. What type of Eagles impact on songbirds?


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    #6857
    Nightforce 65X55
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    [IMG][/img]24756809740_3e75a2bfd6_c.jpgBuzzard 4 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

    [IMG][/img]24756806390_2a6c9e3e95_c.jpgBullfinch 3 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

    [IMG][/img]25026049876_f355c1d53a_c.jpgDunnock 3 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

    [IMG][/img]24756803970_bc7e9f5eb5_c.jpgBlue Tit 2 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

    [IMG][/img]24684770369_66e9daf637_c.jpgKingfisher 2 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

    [IMG][/img]24425551943_5d2ee63e58_c.jpgWoodpigeon 1 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

    [IMG][/img]24421757534_dca1dbb24c_c.jpgBuzzard 2 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

    [IMG][/img]25026041106_8ede030d16_c.jpgBlue Tit 3 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

    [IMG][/img]24756814160_edbbe88c34_c.jpgKingfisher 1 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr


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    #6858
    keps
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    24950916142_fb07b62386_b.jpgsiskin


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    #6859
    Zebrano
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    24956191032_f75c40acc9_c.jpg9R2A4196 by stephen harborne, on Flickr

    Dunnock maybe


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    #6860
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Yes, Dunnock it is.


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    #6861
    Nightforce 65X55
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    Dunnock maybe

    Definitely a Dunnock , Nice photo....


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    #6862
    Zebrano
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    Thanks
    Only got it because someone stopped my wife to ask for direction while we were in london for the weekend


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    #6863
    OpenYourEyes
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    Some Waterbirds from Monday on Lough Ree in Roscommon:

    24971600981_8f02f41bd2_c.jpgCoot by Brian, on Flickr

    24977862171_06fcea2b4c_c.jpgMallard by Brian, on Flickr

    25044833906_27699445b9_c.jpgTufted Duck by Brian, on Flickr

    24977855841_28255921c8_c.jpgTufted Duck by Brian, on Flickr


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    #6864
    Hotei
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    The shot of the Coot is fantastic!


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    #6865
    savagethegoat
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    xdcn6s.jpg


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    savagethegoat
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    nfr9ef.jpg


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    #6867
    keps
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    24995786951_d3a76cf6cb_b.jpgcurlew


    24460980824_a9959af181_b.jpgcurlew


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    #6868
    keps
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    I hadn't seen this bird before and assumed it was some type of goose.
    On checking comparisons on Birdwatch Ireland site - I now see it is a duck - a Shelduck!
    ( Image a bit blurred -large 'blow-up')


    24793636200_1413176b69_b.jpgshelduck


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    #6869
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    It's a Shelduck, keps.

    Very common on mudflat estuaries.


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    #6870
    _Tombstone_
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    Jazlyn Incalculable Yo-yo wrote: »
    It's a Shelduck, keps.

    Very common on mudflat estuaries.

    Mad looking yoke


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    #6871
    OpenYourEyes
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    Reed Bunting (female)

    24798370200_7a19327c7e_c.jpgReed Bunting (female) by Brian, on Flickr

    25067647796_e7985ba7b7_c.jpgReed Bunting (female) by Brian, on Flickr

    24463268734_431b9848c9_c.jpgReed Bunting (female) by Brian, on Flickr


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