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Some pictures I took recently

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    #8312
    Isambard
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    2l9qw4p.jpg


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    #8313
    gzoladz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭gzoladz


    Pintail and Curlew in Bull Island...as windy, cold and rainny as it gets...

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    #8314
    keps
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    Banks of Dodder- today

    32497416630_774b044cac_b.jpgbullfinch

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    #8315
    keps
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    today-Dodder

    32774001321_5e2571083f_o.jpglong tailed tit


    oops went out for a bit of a 'longish' lunch. Meant to post this also this morning


    32061132294_f8bbbb1abf_b.jpgdunnock


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    #8316
    keps
    Registered Users Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    What a lovely morning! Long walk with the camera

    A few pics




    32768029532_e0a3805024_b.jpgearly bird

    32078429924_38f91aaa65_b.jpgsong thrush

    32768028902_6ca6cd22e3_b.jpglong tailed tit

    32106755553_6d155a80e1_b.jpgdunnock


    32768029072_a7b845d67d_b.jpggrey wagtail

    32768029342_d411246325_b.jpggrey wagtail flight


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    #8317
    Hotei
    Closed Accounts Posts: 506 ✭✭✭Hotei


    Super shots keps! :)


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    #8318
    keps
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    Magpie - having a wash


    32787669562_84a2dd3df6_b.jpghaving a wash


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    #8319
    arkrow
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 158 ✭✭arkrow


    Ah the poor worm, I hope you intervened!


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    #8320
    keps
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    Must say that I always get a bit of a buzz whenever I spot a Kingfisher.

    Of course, spotting one and getting a pic are two different things entirely.

    Spotted this fella zipping along the Dodder today .. and this is where he alighted! Other side of the river.


    32142551313_9385fbcc3a_b.jpgkingfisher full image

    That pic was taken with the 600 zoom fully extended

    This is a cropped version.- It’s not going to win any prizes. But any day I get a kingfisher photo I always treat myself to a pint of Guinness or 2.
    Happy days.
    (I do that most days anyway!)


    32916431696_7061db95a9_c.jpgkingfisher cropped


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    #8321
    keps
    Registered Users Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    32588840710_60c583ee7c_b.jpggrey heron


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    #8322
    gzoladz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭gzoladz


    Black Redstart and Guillemot

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    #8323
    keps
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    Just see on the Birdwatch site that the description of the chaffinch in Irish is:

    Rí Rua

    Beautiful name.. presume it's because of its 'rusty red' colours in places



    32997165275_5a506a2fcf_b.jpgmale chaffinch


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    #8324
    keps
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    There is a large grassy bank( maybe even a knoll) across the way.. and I’ve noticed gulls coming and going most days.

    I just assumed they were common gulls – but as I got a bit closer today I noticed that they are Black Headed Gulls.
    Nothing special there I know, but just wondering why one has a ‘full’ black head while most others just have the spots?

    32883526812_c646ef6525_b.jpgbhg


    32883525652_6f5b8ca15a_b.jpgbhg2


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    #8325
    tabby aspreme
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    Striking red color on this , I'm sure it's some kind of fungus, growing on a piece of rotting willow


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    #8326
    TedR
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    the adults are just beginning to come into summer breeding plumage, which is the full 'black' head. Its actually more of a dark brown. In winter they revert to white head.


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    #8327
    keps
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    32895522852_2ba6269c92_b.jpgcormorant


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    #8328
    whyulittle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    Amazing detail there keps.


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    #8329
    New Home
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    That eye looks like something out of a Klimt painting.


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    #8330
    TedR
    Registered Users Posts: 439 ✭✭TedR


    much photographed bird but thats a standout shot


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    #8331
    TedR
    Registered Users Posts: 439 ✭✭TedR


    slightly off topic, but anyone read 'The Cormorant' by Stephen Gregory? Unsettling little book.....


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    #8332
    gzoladz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭gzoladz


    Barn Owl - record shoot, far, dark, small sensor...but what a sight!

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    #8333
    Maudi
    Registered Users Posts: 1,516 ✭✭✭Maudi


    gzoladz wrote: »
    Barn Owl - record shoot, far, dark, small sensor...but what a sight!

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    Brilliant capture..well done you


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    #8334
    gzoladz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭gzoladz


    Maudi wrote: »
    Brilliant capture..well done you

    Thanks Maudi :)


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    #8335
    gzoladz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭gzoladz


    Great Spotted Woodpecker :)

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    #8336
    keps
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    Dodder today

    33094415925_d15090d0b4_b.jpgRobin

    33094415165_cebe0c80de_b.jpgkingfisher

    33094414535_fd6925dfd6_b.jpgwren1

    33094413565_7f6b142740_b.jpgwren

    33094416695_4078d79974_b.jpggrey wagtail

    32967474161_1698be0ff2_b.jpgGreenfinch

    32967475161_482d137c70_b.jpgFingers Crossed

    32938372802_6729fb9d33_b.jpgChaffinch

    Yesterday
    32253130973_1442584b35_b.jpgcormorant


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    #8337
    OpenYourEyes
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    Keps I'm totally in awe of that Cormorant picture! The blacks, the whites, the colours, the detail in the feathers, the detail in the bill, the sharpness, the composition - absolutely amazing!

    Edit: The pale white/grey background is perfect too!


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    #8338
    keps
    Registered Users Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    @OYE
    Thanks indeed. Those comments mean a lot :)


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    #8339
    keps
    Registered Users Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    Added later

    BTW - this is the original image.
    Taken with the zoom fully extended to 600mm. On monopod.
    Even though it's a cheap enough lens, I find the combo of that Tamron lens with the full frame camera works well for me.
    Taken RAW and photoshop can do so much with RAW.

    The background is the weir at Milltown- where the cormorants spend a lot of leisure time( and poo time).


    32251010274_bcc42d4610_c.jpgoriginal


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    #8340
    fin12
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    Keps do you have any pictures of dogs or cats?


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    #8341
    keps
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    fin12 wrote: »
    Keps do you have any pictures of dogs or cats?

    Nah... try to stick with birds/wildlife rather than domestic.
    Sorry


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