Some pictures I took recently

whyulittle

Pied Wag




About 55 Whooper Swans

Clearpreso

Now I don't know if photos taken in a Zoo count as wildlife... maybe not, but I had such a great time at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago thought I thought I had to post some of these.

Part 1 - Birds

Bald Eagles






Vulture


Cranes?


Ostrich


Flamingo


Part 2 will be Mammals!

Nana Wan

b-e-a-utiful pic

sineadom

adding a few pics i took at the end of dec and last week. curious about an id on the last one, thanks.




coal tit at the peanuts.




treecreeper i shadowed round the garden for a bit.




spot the treecreeper!





love little redpolls. males? females? one on far right a male and bottom left i think. others...not sure.




love our great tits who nest in a hole in the wall out the back every year. def have more chaffinches in the garden than any other bird, have counted 40 at a time under the feeders.




my favourite - the blue tit!




left male, right female?




goldfinch checkin me out.




goldfinches causing a ruckus as usual! : )




pretty bullfinch in the ash tree. they seem to stay in pairs all year, is that right? rarely see a male without a female or vice versa.




what happens if you leave the seed bucket unattended! :P



a fluffed up female chaffinch? or something else?
same bird below...

Traonach

Clearpreso wrote: »

Now I don't know if photos taken in a Zoo count as wildlife... maybe not, but I had such a great time at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago thought I thought I had to post some of these.

Part 1 - Birds


Vulture

Cranes?


Flamingo

Part 2 will be Mammals!

The Vulture is a european Black vulture.
The crane is a european white stork
the flamingo looks like a chilean flamingo

vandriver

IMG_4645 by carl cotter, on Flickr


Great Black Backed Gull by carl cotter, on Flickr


IMG_4638 by carl cotter, on Flickr

stevensi

a fluffed up female chaffinch? or something else?
same bird below...

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Some lovely shots and yes those final 2 are female Chaffinch's

V Bull

Some snaps from Bray area today..

was Iceland Gull, new ID update as a Kumlien's Gull by irishbirding.com..





Turnstone being chased by Black-headed Gulls..





Black Headed Gull..



Egrets in Portmarnock, Co. Dublin..


Black Necked Grebe..(last week)..

Traonach

That's a beautiful looking kumlien's Gull V Bull:)
(just noticed the grey primaries)

V_Moth

Traonach wrote: »

That's a beautiful looking kumlien's Gull V Bull:)
(just noticed the grey primaries)

Looking at the pictures, the primaries don't like anywhere near dark enough for Kumlien's Gull. They are certainly smudged grey, but I would expect a much clearer pattering. Anyway, I'll have a look for it in Bray tomorrow.

Some more gull action - a Caspian Gull at Lake Constance (southern Germany).

V Bull

V Moth = Looking at the pictures, the primaries don't like anywhere near dark enough for Kumlien's Gull.

Another photo, might be a bit clearer..

Kumlien's Gull.JPG

V_Moth

V Bull wrote: »

V Moth = Looking at the pictures, the primaries don't like anywhere near dark enough for Kumlien's Gull.

Another photo, might be a bit clearer..

Kumlien's Gull.JPG

Thanks for that. This website (http://www.tertial.us/gulls/tkg.htm) gives a good overview of the Iceland/Kumlien's/Thayer's Gull complex. Just as overview for those unfamiliar with the group, Kumlien's Gull is either considered to be a subspecies of Iceland Gull or a hybrid between Iceland and Thayer's Gull (which replaces Iceland Gull in North America).

Personally, I would think the latter is the case as Kumlien's Gull tend to be extremely variable for a gull species - light or dark eye, primary colouring. This pic shows that quite well.

By the looks of it, the Bray Gull may have some Kumliens "heritage", but whether its a pure Kumlien's or a backcross (parents were Iceland & Kumliens) would be difficult to tell.

Bsal

I was able to get some pictures of a Yellowhammer in the garden today











And a pair of Collared Doves

Alun

An interloper on one of my feeders today :-) Saw either this one or one of his friends last week actually inside the feeder cage, and cut back the foliage a bit so he couldn't get in, but it seems they don't give up that easily.

stupidusername

Just came across these old pictures, not sure if I put them up at the time, but this little guy was so funny

Clearpreso

Hey, so part 2 of my Lincoln Park Zoo photofest is of mammals, I still feel like zoo photography is cheating...

cscook

Love the Red Panda! The Fota ones have always hidden from me, I've only seen them in France.

V Bull

My first Water Rail..:)

baaba maal

This little dude has been coming into my garden recently. I know the Irish hare doesn't turn white but I believe they take on a whitish tone at this time of the year?


I try not to anthropomorphise but he or she is as cute as a button!:)

Clearpreso

Hey guys, so I am in Austin, Texas at the moment and I have come across some pretty interesting birds that looks a bit like ones back home, but not quite... so I was wondering if you know what they are?

1. Like a collared dove but way smaller


2. WHITE heron???


3. Corvid of some description, quite slender, makes a bizarre cackling almost growling call


Think this might be a female version


4. ?


5. Vultures!? These guys were right near downtown, and had SOME wingspan on them




6. Hawk of some ilk??



Help appreciated on giving these guys a name, jeez as soon as I leave Ireland I have no clue what Im looking at!

V Bull

@ Clearpreso, fantastic photos.

My 2 cents worth....

Photo 1....White Winged Dove.

Photo 2....Cattle Egret.

Photo 3 ....Common Grackle.

Photo 4....Type of Flycatcher ??

Photo 5....Turkey Vulture.

Photo 6....a Sharp-Shined Hawk or a Coopers Hawk ??.

V_Moth

1 - White-winged Dove
2- Cattle Egret
3- I'd go with Great-tailed Grackle on this one. Looks too large for Common Grackle, but is tricky without size comparison or hearing the calls. The second picture is a female Common/Great-tailed Grackle.
4- Northern Mockingbird
5- Turkey Vultures.
6- Judging by the size, I would be 90% certain its Cooper's Hawk rather than Sharp-shinned. However, the two are quite tricky to separate without size comparison.

The Nation Geographic or Sibley (bird) field guides are very good and widely available.

Clearpreso

GRACKLE, yes I've been trying to find out their name for ages on loads of sites.

Their call is completely mad, I thought for a while they were those "mimic birds" you see in rain forests, their call sounds in bits like a car alarm!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZVII_Np0ME

Rainbowsend

Bsal

I went down to Broadmeadows estuary this evening for a nice walk, got one picture of a Little Egret. I was a bit shocked at the amount of rubbish dumped there to be honest, shopping trollies, old beds etc.. quiet horrible to see really :mad:

doctor evil

Vultures are deadly birds!

Clearpreso

Hey, Im in Salt Lake City, Utah at the moment and they have an awesome Aviary/ Bird Zoo, obv I made a bit of an expedition to it! Here are some the BOPs they had on show.

westdub

I went for a walk in Corkagh park today and took some pics of the birds enjoying the sunshine, I know they are not too exotic but thought I'd share some with you... Hope you like them..


Swans by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr


Swan by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr

Enjoying the sun....


Heron by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr


Duck by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr


Coot by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr


05-012 107 by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr


Swan by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr

Some were camera shy...


Ducks by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr



Duck by Lucan Snapper, on Flickr

F.R.

OpenYourEyes

Robin


Wren


Herring Gull


Dunnock