Some pictures I took recently

keps

young starling

whyulittle

Lots of butterflies out on the local Greenway today, in between the showers!

Green Hairstreak


Common Blue


Green-veined White


Orange-tip


Wood Whites?


Dingy Skipper?




Moth?

dodderangler

Common carp and striped bass.
Lake mead, Nevada

Hotei

whyulittle wrote: »

Lots of butterflies out on the local Greenway today, in between the showers!

Green Hairstreak


Common Blue


Green-veined White


Orange-tip


Wood Whites?


Dingy Skipper?




Moth?

Great shots whyulittle, and nice finds too.
Can I ask what type of habitat you found the Green Hairstreak in? Was there many about?
The last two butterflies are Dingy Skippers all right. I saw about a dozen today at Lullymore, Co.Kildare.
The Wood Whites are most likely Cryptic Wood Whites (unless you live in the far west of the country).
I can't help you with the identification of the last one I'm afraid.

Hotei

whyulittle wrote: »

Moth?

I just had a quick look on MothsIreland, and think it might be a Mother Shipton moth:

http://www.mothsireland.com/gallery3/Erebidae/Erebinae/72-084-Mother-Shipton-Callistege-mi

whyulittle

Cheers Hotei.

Last one may be Mother Shipton?

Green Hairstreaks as well as everything else were along a disused railway line. There is a bog adjacent to the line; I've regularly recorded them across the other side of the bog. Probably a handful of them about today.

I await an email from the NBDC questioning my Wood White records, I'm only as far west as Athlone.

Hotei

whyulittle wrote: »

Cheers Hotei.

Last one may be Mother Shipton?

Green Hairstreaks as well as everything else were along a disused railway line. There is a bog adjacent to the line; I've regularly recorded them across the other side of the bog. Probably a handful of them about today.

I await an email from the NBDC questioning my Wood White records, I'm only as far west as Athlone.

My post above suggests Mother Shipton too.
I'm not seeing any Green Hairstreaks about at all. My stomping ground would be a somewhat similar one to yours, so can't figure out why I'm not seeing them.
We have two species of Wood White, Leptidea sinapis (Wood White) and Leptidea juvernicus (Cryptic Wood White). L. sinapis is only found west of Athenry in Galway, and in the Burren (ref. 'Discovering Irish Butterflies & their Habitats' J.M. Harding; 2008).

dodderangler

Ground squirrel and pronghorn, Bryce Canyon national park , Utah

Birdnuts

Looks like your having a rockin holiday Dodder lad;)

killer_penguin

I love this thread
Pop in on post 1 - 2008. Might aswell have photo quality the same as if I poked myself in the eyes before looking at the sun
Page 577 - 2017 - Starlings in high definition
Keep 'em coming

dodderangler

Birdnuts wrote: »

Looks like your having a rockin holiday Dodder lad;)

Back home man. 3 weeks in Vegas and Utah and California.

keps

Quite common along the Dodder...just wondering what breed it is?

keps

wren

jkforde

trying to id this... found on damp calcareous soil, shady ... any ideas?

keps

wildflower

keps

Hadn't seen an egret in the 'Milltown' section of the Dodder for a few months-and therefore happy to see this one this morning


egret

WildIreland

Had an amazing trip out with Cork Whale Watch near Union Hall in West Cork earlier this month -- seals, dolphins, basking sharks, minke whales... but the humpbacks stole the show... 6 of them.

Humpback rainbow by Calvin Jones, on Flickr

Humpback and common dolphin by Calvin Jones, on Flickr

Humpback fluke by Calvin Jones, on Flickr

fin12

WildIreland wrote: »

Had an amazing trip out with Cork Whale Watch near Union Hall in West Cork earlier this month -- seals, dolphins, basking sharks, minke whales... but the humpbacks stole the show... 6 of them.

Humpback rainbow by Calvin Jones, on Flickr

Humpback and common dolphin by Calvin Jones, on Flickr

Humpback fluke by Calvin Jones, on Flickr

How much does it cost per person to do the whale watching?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

fin12 wrote: »

How much does it cost per person to do the whale watching?

http://www.corkwhalewatch.com/whale-watching-trips-and-bookings/

keps

Young Long Tailed Tit

Hotei

Marsh Fritillary
The first male Marsh Fritillaries made an appearance today in Lullymore, Co.Kildare.








Green Hairstreak






Dingy Skipper

Hotei

The Figwort Weevil tango!




A young Common Lizard (probably born last year) basking on an old tractor tyre




Hummingbird Hawk-moth
I posted an image of a Hummingbird Hawk-moth on the Hide thread which I took late one evening earlier this week. This one was taken yesterday at about midday, and it was also foraging on Bush Vetch. About an hour later, I had returned home and saw another one briefly feeding on Red Valerian in my own garden.




Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
Last year I spotted one of these close to my home here in Kildare. I was contacted by both the NBDC and MothsIreland who confirmed my sighting was the most easterly record of this species in the Republic of Ireland to date (several more easterly sightings have been recorded in Northern Ireland). The images below were taken this week in the same area.






A Reed Bunting in Pollardstown fen at sunset




Common Sexton Beetle Nicrophorus vespillo
My first time to see a Sexton Beetle. These insects (with an acute sense of smell) are attracted to decaying carcasses. There are many species of Sexton Beetle, and all are quite similar looking superficially, but thankfully this one had a few obvious tell-tale features which identified it as N. vespillo.




Beautiful Demoiselle (female)




Hairy Dragonfly
I watched a male Hairy Dragonfly catch a Green-veined White butterfly in flight before landing and devouring its prey.




Green Carpet moth

New Home

Hotei wrote: »

The Figwort Weevil tango!

No, sorry - I'm almost certain that's a Lesser Spotted Gonzo.



:pac:

keps

lazing on a sunny afternoon

keps

@ Hotie


You should isolate and showcase this one- absolutely beautiful


I would do it for you .. but pics are locked



A Reed Bunting in Pollardstown fen at sunset


PS - they are all amazing

vistafinder

Narrow Bordered Bee Hawk Moth
untitled-9223.jpg by Damien, on Flickr

Hummingbird Hawk Moth
untitled-9149.jpg by Damien, on Flickr

Pied Wagtail
untitled-9165.jpg by Damien, on Flickr

Intense discussions going on today about a new builduntitled-9101.jpg by Damien, on Flickr

KJ

I don't know anything about Moths but a quick look in a book of insects, this appears to be a White Ermine?



And a wasp's nest?

axe2grind

KJ wrote: »

I don't know anything about Moths but a quick look in a book of insects, this appears to be a White Ermine?
And a wasp's nest?

I'd say Buff Ermine, White Ermine has many more spots. And yes for wasp nest. I wonder what it's paper source is, interesting colour

splish

Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas auriniaon Carlow side of Blackstairs during the weekend.

keps

A few birds starting to feel more 'at home' with the balcony feeders



coal tit