Some pictures I took recently

vandriver

Lesser has yellow legs.I'm going for greater with juvenile.

Woodville56

vandriver wrote: »

Lesser has yellow legs.I'm going for greater with juvenile.

I'm of same view - pinkish legs and larger white wing spots on wing tips say GBB gull to me ?

bernard0368

Thanks everyone, had not seen him before and well gulls are way out of my knowledge.

Zoo4m8

Woodville56 wrote: »

I'm of same view - pinkish legs and larger white wing spots on wing tips say GBB gull to me ?

Quite right.. Shouldn't post till I wake up!

spookwoman

If you live on the coast might start seeing lots of dead or dieing birds getting washed up. Reading bbc site and its from the storms and 100's covered in oil and getting washed up south west of england. Today found 7 in different stages of decomp and know one person found a gullimot covered in oil and thats didn't last long.

Chisler2

spookwoman wrote: »

If you live on the coast might start seeing lots of dead or dieing birds getting washed up. Reading bbc site and its from the storms and 100's covered in oil and getting washed up south west of england. Today found 7 in different stages of decomp and know one person found a gullimot covered in oil and thats didn't last long.

I get it that many birds are blown off course/injured by gales....... but "covered in oil"?????

V Bull

Some photos from yesterday and a couple of days ago...

Red-necked Grebe..


Red breasted Merganser...


Mediterranean Gull...


Juv Great black backed Gull with Black Guillemot...(nasty, but that's nature in the wild)

spookwoman

Chisler2 wrote: »

I get it that many birds are blown off course/injured by gales....... but "covered in oil"?????

During a lul in the storms recently Kittiwake landed beside me and had oil on its breast. The RSPB say no spills have been reported but birds getting oiled.

You'd never know whats got opened etc by the the storms. 7 washed up still

Capercaille

Frogs starting to spawn in Garden Ponds:)

cscook

I saw plenty of spawn out in my aunt's pond last week, for sure!

Also the cormorants at Heuston are in breeding plumage:







Some lucky sunshine just when I saw the hen blackcap on the back wall, too . Haven't seen a male yet this year.

vandriver

Haven't been out and about much ,but heres a couple from the zoo..

IMG_8007 by carl cotter, on Flickr


Otter by carl cotter, on Flickr

Woodville56

Some phone scoped pics from Glen Lough ( Westmeath/Longford border) this morning - Gadwall & Little Grebe

Woodville56

Clearer Little Grebe pic than previous

bernard0368

Caught

peter1892

It was a bit far away and I had to zoom right in and then crop it...anyway is this a Hare or a Rabbit? I'm thinking Rabbit as it seems to have small ears but I'm no expert on these things...


Hare or Rabbit? by griffpics.com, on Flickr

dodderangler

Rabbit.
When you see a hate trust me you'll know. Huge size difference.
Bigger ears, darker body and bigger legs

peter1892

dodderangler wrote: »

Rabbit.
When you see a hate trust me you'll know. Huge size difference.
Bigger ears, darker body and bigger legs

thanks for that!

dodderangler

peter1892 wrote: »

thanks for that!

You may also see females sitting under a tree with a cadburys caramel

Woodville56

Caption - detached, nice location, quiet neighbourhood, viewing advised !!

Woodville56

Also visiting the feeder this morning !

Gently does it Bacchus

Bought a 70-300mm zoom lens this week and these are some of the very first shots I've taken with it.



One of my favourite Irish birds - the beautiful Bullfinch.

Nipping the bud!

vandriver

Enjoy the lens .....(till you realise that the 400 would be better,or maybe the 500....)

Gently does it Bacchus

vandriver wrote: »

Enjoy the lens .....(till you realise that the 400 would be better,or maybe the 500....)

Thanks Vandriver.
Yeah,I must admit it was on mind today that maybe I should have waited and got the 400mm instead.Never mind!

keps

last Monday - St Catherines Park Lucan ( Liffey)

keps

Today in St Catherines Park in Lucan


First time I ever 'caught' a kingfisher- there for a sec- then gone!

vandriver

Gently does it Bacchus wrote: »

Thanks Vandriver.
Yeah,I must admit it was on mind today that maybe I should have waited and got the 400mm instead.Never mind!

Or you could go the whole hog,like this friend of my sister's!





Untitled by carl cotter, on Flickr

Gently does it Bacchus

vandriver wrote: »

Or you could go the whole hog,like this friend of my sister's!





Untitled by carl cotter, on Flickr

Wow,that's some beast of a lens!:)

I'm just back from a morning of shooting on the local river and must admit I'm slightly disappointed with the resulting images.You know yourself,they look good on the camera's LCD screen but when you get them up on the laptop later,they don't look half as impressive.:( Yeah,I think I'm going to have to start scrimping for a 400/500mm. lens.

vandriver

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/520646-USA/Nikon_2173_Telephoto_AF_S_Nikkor_600mm.html

keps

Monday St Catherines Park Lucan

keps

Yesterday: St Cstherine's Pk - Lucan