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Some Nature Pictures I Took Recently - II (Seasonal Photos)

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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,195 ✭✭✭gzoladz


    New Home wrote: »
    Sorry, prize-winning "Idiot of the Month" here - I thought you were referring to a new picture that hadn't embedded, not the triple whammy from earlier on. :rolleyes:

    Ah don'tt worry, it was funny! :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 797 ✭✭✭Tiercel Dave


    gzoladz wrote: »
    I am told this is a male... what's the opinion of the experts?
    Sparrowhawk is definitely a female. A male wouldn't be able to handle a pigeon, something around Blackbird size is the biggest thing he would attempt.....


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,195 ✭✭✭gzoladz


    Sparrowhawk is definitely a female. A male wouldn't be able to handle a pigeon, something around Blackbird size is the biggest thing he would attempt.....

    My thoughts too, but I am getting such strong arguments from a few very good birders that make me wonder, basically on the back of the ruffous feathers.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ Jeffrey Panicky Jockey


    gzoladz wrote: »
    My thoughts too, but I am getting such strong arguments from a few very good birders that make me wonder, basically on the back of the ruffous feathers.

    It's without doubt a female. I can't see anything that would lead someone to think it's a male.


  • Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


    Dunnock
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  • Registered Users Posts: 607 ✭✭✭bkrangle


    Just on the sparrowhawk front, my sister took these in her garden about 2 months back - pretty sure it was a female

    We also saw what we think was a male in the area but he was a lot smaller and was more of a greyish colour

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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,195 ✭✭✭gzoladz


    @Srameen and @bkrangle I would agree with both of you...for me my sparrowhawk and bkrangle are both females due to size and colour.

    Friends I checked with are 50-50, however 2 or 3 of them are top birders in the country and are of the opinion that at least mine is an immature male.

    I don't know now...for me males they are not only smaller but also have more like a "chick" face

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  • Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


    Juvenile Coal Tit
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  • Registered Users Posts: 607 ✭✭✭bkrangle


    Some pics from a recent trip to Rathlin Island

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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,195 ✭✭✭gzoladz


    Fox, Kingfisher, Jay,

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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,683 ✭✭✭Pretzill


    ^^

    Great finds - the fox image is really special.


  • Registered Users Posts: 264 ✭✭CiaranW


    Beautiful picture of the fox.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,195 ✭✭✭gzoladz


    Thanks all, yes the photos of the fox was very well received.


  • Registered Users Posts: 173 ✭✭finla


    Common Blue enjoying the nepeta.


  • Registered Users Posts: 96 ✭✭Livefornow




  • Registered Users Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Del.Monte


    An eclectic bunch of chancers - except for the Blue Tit! :D


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,209 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Absolutely gorgeous. :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


    Juvenile Robin
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    Moorhen
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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,195 ✭✭✭gzoladz


    Great Spotted Woodpecker, Kestrel and Marsh Fritillary

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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,752 ✭✭✭flyingsnail




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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭wildlifeboy



    how did you get that shot?


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,752 ✭✭✭flyingsnail


    how did you get that shot?


    I lay down in front of where he was rummaging in the undergrowth, as long as I wasn’t moving he didn’t seem disturbed, then it was just a matter of waiting until he was in a position I could get a clear shot through the leaves. The 100mm Macro allows me to get nice close up photos.


  • Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


    Wren
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  • Registered Users Posts: 96 ✭✭Livefornow


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  • Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


    Heron
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  • Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


    Chaffinch
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  • Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


    Pied Wagtail feeding time
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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 3,067 Mod ✭✭✭✭OpenYourEyes


    Roseate Terns on Rockabill Island (photos taken under NPWS license)

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    This last bird caught my eye because of the white flecks in the cap. Turns out it was a bird I ringed a chick 3 years (and one week) previously, less than 20m from where it's now nesting. It was a bird that hatched in a nestbox in one of my 'study areas' on the island, so I likely saw it every day (more or less) until it was ready to first fly away! :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,767 ✭✭✭Scotty #


    Hard to tell if that Robin is singing or in just seen something really amazing!!


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