Some pictures I took recently

plenty of cuckoos out here in Donegal--heard my first one this year on Beltane as I was taking video of a cracking sunset.Never knew about the Irish for meadow pipit as the cuckoo nurse--nice one.Was just outside earlier and saw 2 smaller birds harassing a cuckoo-actually flying after it and landing next to it on a fence.Can't say I blame them.Couple shots from last year,no cuckoos though.

meadow pipit


meadow pipit again


curlew from last year.They are fairly common down at the many little estuaries dotted about near Annagry though hard to get close to.


heron another one that is hard to get close to.


5 goldfinches


3 greenfinches


same 3 greens, I like the way the bottom one is captured


pied wagtail nest at the Homebase or something like that in Letterkenny.It was nesting in the tomato plants and I only noticed as the mother flew away when I picked out a plant for the house.


I told the girl at the counter about the nest just to make her aware and she said 'yeah we know,did you see the robins nest 2 shelves down?" had to laugh





greetings fellow bird lovers