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Some pictures I took recently
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Like everyone else on this thread, I too was on Saltee on saturday!
Havn't uploaded any pics yet though. In the meantime....
Damselfly
Chaffinch (male)
Swift
Grey Heron on the move...
Marsh Harrier
Tern with Lunch!
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Dipper by carl cotter, on Flickr
Meadow Pipit by carl cotter, on Flickr
Speckled Wood Butterfly by carl cotter, on Flickr
Long Tailed Tit with lunch by carl cotter, on Flickr0 -
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Raven in Flight by carl cotter, on Flickr
Lots of starling fledglings this year(17 at one time yesterday)
Hungry Starling by carl cotter, on Flickr0 -
We went as a family to Dublin Falconry in Balbriggan,run by Trevor Roche.Its well worth a visit to see the birds of prey up close.
www.dublinfalconry.com
A few shots from the visit:
11 day old peregrine chick
IMG_7414 by carl cotter, on Flickr
IMG_7407 by carl cotter, on Flickr
Harris Hawk by carl cotter, on Flickr
IMG_7456 by carl cotter, on Flickr0 -
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...and a Lesser (I think) Black-Backed Gull
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@ OpenYourEyes, just looking at your brilliant pics, well done, but I think this guy is a GBBG, legs are pinkish rather than yellow for the LBBG, old saying "if the legs are yellow then it's a lesser fellow", hope you don't mind..0 -
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Phoenix Park Today
- Mandarin Duck Male
- Mandarin Duck Male II
- Grey Heron
- Mistle Thrush (or Corn Bunting?)
- Mandarin Duck Female
- Mistle Thrush II (or Corn Bunting?)
- Mute Swan
- Robin Ren Breast Singing
Two nice pictures of a Mistle Thrush. The last confirmed sighting of Corn Bunting is almost 10 years ago (1 on Cape Clear) by this stage.
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@ OpenYourEyes, just looking at your brilliant pics, well done, but I think this guy is a GBBG, legs are pinkish rather than yellow for the LBBG, old saying "if the legs are yellow then it's a lesser fellow", hope you don't mind..
Thanks for that! I can usually tell by their back, but I couldn't remember what this guys back was like and I can never remember which is which re: leg colour, so hopefully that rhyme sticks in my head
(...I can't actually edit that post anymore, so if a mod sees this and would like to do the honours it'd be much appreciated!)0 -
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Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 3,068 Mod ✭✭✭✭ Join Date:Posts: 2995
I've already made a post 4 or 5 pages back about taking pics and disturbing birds in the process, which is often accidental but which both annoys/endangers birds/chicks/eggs, and is also illegal.
I just want to highlight this issue with specific reference to sea bird colonies like the Saltees and the many others around Irelands coasts.
The amount of people on Great Saltee last saturday who spent several minutes peering over nests and chicks, or who walked right down to within a few feet of the Gannet colony was enfuriating! You have to keep in mind that ALL birds see humans as potential predators and respond accordingly when you walk up to them, their nests, eggs and chicks. Sometimes they fly away, endangering chicks/eggs and wasting energy, sometimes they stay and try and hold their ground, but are under a significant amount of stress until you are out of sight. If a Shag/Gull is screaming at you it means you should get out of there because you're near its nest! If you are within a few feet of a gannet colony you are too close, the gannets might sit tight on their nests but they are getting more and more stressed the longer you're there and while you can handle 20mins of stress in your day, its a lot more significant to a bird, especially a breeding bird!
It is quite easy to get gorgeous pictures of every single seabird at these colonies without harrassing and annoying them. If you happen to stumble upon a nest, which happens everyone accidently including me, just make sure to try and get out as quick as possible to minimise the stress on adult birds and chicks. Can you walk down to within a few feet of the Gannet colony? maybe. Should you? absolutely not! You can get equally good photos from 10+metres away without harassing a large number of birds that are trying to keep eggs warm or guard nests/chicks.
In summary, we have some great seabird colonies in Ireland and its nice to be able to visit them, its great to be able to say you got some nice pics from them, and its absolutely wonderful to be able to say you got nice pictures without causing disturbance to the birds in question!
Again, I realise many people do the above out of sheer ignorance rather than selfishness, but I think its worth mentioning in a thread like this just so people are mindful 0
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