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Some pictures I took recently

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    #4862
    Bonedigger
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    Am I right in thinking this is a Skylark? The beak would appear to be broader and shorter than that of a Meadow Pipit's beak.

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    #4863
    Capercaille
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    Bonedigger wrote: »
    Am I right in thinking this is a Skylark? The beak would appear to be broader and shorter than that of a Meadow Pipit's beak.

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    Skylark


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    #4864
    keps
    Registered Users Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    A few more from yesterday – Lucan Demesne

    These Goldfinches are down in the section where the water levels have dropped by 4/5 feet in the last week


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    Treecreeper
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    Siskin(top left)


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    Little Grebe


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    #4865
    thyme
    Registered Users Posts: 553 ✭✭✭thyme


    First Siskin, two at the feeders the last few days, and the first Redpoll four of them.
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    I'am hoping this is a Peregrine, it was a good distance away, looks like one.

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    #4866
    dodderangler
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    Kind of looks like a hobby
    Or a young male Pere


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    #4867
    whyulittle
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    Merlin was my initial thought.


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    #4868
    vandriver
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    Picture to follow..!
    Can anyone tell me how common a grey wagtail is in a suburban back garden?(D12)


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    #4869
    gzoladz
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    vandriver wrote: »
    Picture to follow..!
    Can anyone tell me how common a grey wagtail is in a suburban back garden?(D12)

    Not much, unless the garden is close to a river/canal, etc.


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    #4870
    Capercaille
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    thyme wrote: »
    First Siskin, two at the feeders the last few days, and the first Redpoll four of them.
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    I'am hoping this is a Peregrine, it was a good distance away, looks like one.

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    Juvenile peregrine. You can see pale margins to feathers on back. Also light patch on nape.


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    #4871
    splish
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    Seaside Pansy Viola tricolor ssp curtisii from Cahore today.

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    #4872
    Bonedigger
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    Yippee!!:D My very first shot of a Kingfisher.
    This was taken down by the canal in Milltown,Co.Kildare this evening.
    It's certainly not up to the standard of Keps and Bernard's shots of Kingfishers, but I'll hopefully get there one day!:)

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    I'm cheating here I know, but couldn't resist posting this shot of a Booted bantam cockerel which I took today - I thought its colour and plumage looked stunning!

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    #4873
    Kat1170
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    Any shot of a Kingfisher is a good shot in my opinion. All I've ever seen is a bright blue flash and even that got the heart thumping :pac::):):pac:


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    #4874
    thyme
    Registered Users Posts: 553 ✭✭✭thyme


    Capercaille wrote: »
    Juvenile peregrine. You can see pale margins to feathers on back. Also light patch on nape.

    Brilliant, thanks Capercaille.


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    #4875
    Bsal
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    vandriver wrote: »
    Picture to follow..!
    Can anyone tell me how common a grey wagtail is in a suburban back garden?(D12)

    Back in 2009/2010 that severe winter we had I had one visiting for a couple of days. At the moment I have a pied wagtail visiting most days.


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    #4876
    Capercaille
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    Green sandpiper
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    Purple swamp hen
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    #4877
    keps
    Registered Users Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    This fella was in the back garden again today - if you even move in the kitchen he is gone - so again photo taken through double glazing

    Is it the Reed Bunting?

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    EDIT

    just cropped a better shot

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    #4878
    whyulittle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    It is the Reed Bunting, yep.

    Funny that it's so jumpy. The ones I see at Boora normally stay in the tree/bush even as you walk right past them.


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    #4879
    keps
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    whyulittle wrote: »
    It is the Reed Bunting, yep.

    Funny that it's so jumpy. The ones I see at Boora normally stay in the tree/bush even as you walk right past them.


    So you think I should be able to slide the back door open and just walk up to it?


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    #4880
    whyulittle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    Well by the sounds of this particular bird, you won't!

    I can only talk about the ones I see, and they're generally the least nervous birds about.


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    #4881
    keps
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    A cold day it was today - but when a bit of sun came these few arrived on the hedge to collect the rays

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    #4882
    keps
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    whyulittle wrote: »
    It is the Reed Bunting, yep.

    Funny that it's so jumpy. The ones I see at Boora normally stay in the tree/bush even as you walk right past them.


    Do you not think that a Reed Bunting living in Boora might have a different view of life than one coming into my back garden for the first/second time?


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    #4883
    whyulittle
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    Absolutely!


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    #4884
    Bonedigger
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    Heron

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    A small flock of Curlew

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    Robin

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    Bullfinch

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    Lapwing on the Curragh this evening

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    #4885
    thyme
    Registered Users Posts: 553 ✭✭✭thyme


    What a beautiful fresh day it was to be out in the wilderness today :D.

    Five little reds in the one area today, lovely to see them all together.
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    Moved on to a different area (where the sun was shining to get warmed up) and spotted this fox in front of me, I stayed strolling along behind it for a good ten minutes before it finally figured out that the thing behind it is getting to close for comfort and slipped into some bushes.
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    When I turned to go back up the field there was three hares sitting on a hill watching me and the fox :D.
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    #4886
    keps
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    Black-tailed Godwits?? Maybe?


    Rogerstown today


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    #4887
    keps
    Registered Users Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    Curlew takes to grass!

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    #4888
    V_Moth
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    keps wrote: »
    Black-tailed Godwits?? Maybe?


    Rogerstown today

    The majority of the waders in both pics are Bar-tailed Godwits. There are a couple of birds that may be Black-tails but it is difficult to judge due to light and angle.


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    #4889
    keps
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    V_Moth wrote: »
    The majority of the waders in both pics are Bar-tailed Godwits. There are a couple of birds that may be Black-tails but it is difficult to judge due to light and angle.


    Thanks indeed - yeah- the sun was directly behind the birds and reflecting off the water - you will notice the pics look like B&W even though in colour!

    I have a photo pf a large 'flock' of Bar tailed Godwits in flight then - which I will post - just wanted to get an indication on the ID


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    #4890
    keps
    Registered Users Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    The Bar-Tailed Godwits in flight


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    For larger see here


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    #4891
    keps
    Registered Users Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    Bar tailed godwits - rogerstown

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