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Some pictures I took recently

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#1202 28-08-2011 10:15pm
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whyulittle wrote: »

Yeah this is the one that gave me a great display overhead the other day. Unfortunately it was dull and overcast, but you can't have it all!

OK, so today I was spoilt rotten.

Had a pair in blue skies looking down on me, and the Hen Harrier is still about too.

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#1203 28-08-2011 10:48pm
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littlebug wrote: »

According to this the Cuckoo can eat toxic caterpillars, including Cinnabar but...... how does the Robin know

maybe he didn't know and was trying to kill him

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#1204 29-08-2011 9:33am
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whyulittle wrote: »

Where was this?

Redcross Avoca area.

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#1205 29-08-2011 2:58pm
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Do you spend a long time out bird-watching in order to get shots like these. Anyone may answer.

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#1206 29-08-2011 3:12pm
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Paulusdu how did you get so close to the Chough

Whyu fabulous photos. What size lens are you using?

Everyone else I'm jealous of what you are getting. Time for me to seriously get back in photography and a DSLR

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#1207 29-08-2011 5:58pm
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Eyepatch wrote: »

Do you spend a long time out bird-watching in order to get shots like these. Anyone may answer.

I am constantly birdwatching, at home, out walking, driving (very dangerous) and then try to get out at least once a week solely for birdwatching and photography, would do more if I could. Nothing beats the buzz of seeing a bird you have never seen before or seeing a particularly elusive one.

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#1208 29-08-2011 7:56pm
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Thank you for that honest answer rainbows end. Your efforts obviously pay off!

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#1209 29-08-2011 9:10pm
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swifts need our help! wrote: »

Whyu fabulous photos. What size lens are you using?

100-400, normally at the 400 end.

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#1210 29-08-2011 10:05pm
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A couple of pictures i took in the last week not as superdooper as other peoples
but those pictures make me take some of my own. Thanks to all for sharing
A dipper

Common green grasshopper

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#1211 29-08-2011 11:46pm
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Cormorant

Gull grabbing a couple of snacks

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#1212 30-08-2011 2:43am
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these are great shots, whyulittle!

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#1213 30-08-2011 3:21pm
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A few from my collection. All taken in my garden over the past 9 months or so -

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#1214 30-08-2011 3:45pm
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And a really nice collection it is too!

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#1215 31-08-2011 1:48am
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These are amazing, jpb1974. Many thanks!

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#1216 31-08-2011 9:43pm
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Kestrels were the most active today, including one taking a big swipe at the Hen Harrier. Not the below shot unfortunately.

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#1217 01-09-2011 12:10am
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terrible pic i know, but can anyone ID his one for me?

it was in the bog i saw it, it reminded me of a wagtail, had a beigey white breast similar to a Goldfinch, it appeared to have a white rump.
grey/brown back with the black feather on its wing.

it flew around with another, landing on footed turf, then flew off to catch something then back to a perch on some turf.

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#1218 01-09-2011 12:23am
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Wheatear?

If not, blame mgwhelan.

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#1219 01-09-2011 1:22am
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Yeah looks like a Wheatear.

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#1220 01-09-2011 10:18am
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Good stuff my first confirmed Wheatear. Did a bit of searching last night and I was getting Winchat but still wasnt convinced
Thanks

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#1221 02-09-2011 1:24am
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Juvenile Jay

Sparrowhawk sunbathing, not a great pic had to take it through the windscreen before it spotted me and bolted.

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#1222 02-09-2011 3:57pm
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Cockchafer?

It was about the size of a Eur 2 coin !

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#1223 02-09-2011 4:06pm
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E39MSport wrote: »

Cockchafer?

It was about the size of a Eur 2 coin !

It's a Diving Beetle, don't know which species offhand

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#1224 02-09-2011 4:21pm
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Very dark green shell. Didn't really come out in the pic.

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#1225 02-09-2011 5:42pm
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E39MSport wrote: »

Very dark green shell. Didn't really come out in the pic.

After a quick search it looks like Dytiscus marginalis

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#1226 02-09-2011 7:25pm
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#1229 03-09-2011 6:09pm
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this guy frightened the life outa me when i went to pick up a sod of turf!

there is a male Sparrowhawk that has set up an ambush area on the road outside my house. he is quite successful too, nothing but feathers and carcasses out there.
the above on a limb of an elm tree about3/4m off the ground.

anyone know what this is?

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#1230 03-09-2011 10:10pm
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It might be Rowan
http://www.treecouncil.ie/irishtrees/rowan.html

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#1231 03-09-2011 10:17pm
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bogtreader wrote: »

It might be Rowan
http://www.treecouncil.ie/irishtrees/rowan.html

no the leaves are wrong, more of a small sycamore or maple shape.

thanks though.

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