Some pictures I took recently

Rainbowsend

Feargal as Luimneach

littlebug wrote: »

This pheasant was my 7am alarm call this morning.

Not a good photo but he took me by surprise. Stoat I presume.

Stonechat?

Rock pipit?

Last bird is meadow pipit. Rock pipit lacks the yellowish tinge to breast side and flanks. Also rock pipit has darker legs. It is the correct habitat for Rock Pipit. You will often see both species together on the beach with sea weed. It is easier to notice colour/size difference when they are standing side by side.

littlebug

Feargal as Luimneach wrote: »

Last bird is meadow pipit. Rock pipit lacks the yellowish tinge to breast side and flanks. Also rock pipit has darker legs. It is the correct habitat for Rock Pipit. You will often see both species together on the beach with sea weed. It is easier to notice colour/size difference when they are standing side by side.

Thanks F. I was in two minds but the location had me guessing rock rather than meadow.

bogtreader

Littlebug My favourite is the stoat picture it looks as surprised as i say you
were. I love the thrill of seeing the unexpected its keeping it contained
until the moment has passed is the problem i have:o

littlebug

This weekend was full of little surprises. We found this lizard curled up asleep under the mop! It took him a while to get moving and a bit of steering was required to persuade him to go into the bushes and not under the car but he eventually got there.

Beebaa

littlebug wrote: »

This weekend was full of little surprises. We found this lizard curled up asleep under the mop! It took him a while to get moving and a bit of steering was required to persuade him to go into the bushes and not under the car but he eventually got there.

I haven't seen a lizard in Ireland for years. Nice find. Cool weather clearly made it sluggish.

stupidusername

Was in the zoo on Monday and there were loads of grey squirrels around, there was one in a tree above and was dropping loads of things down on us Got a picture of one of them in the Rhinoceros enclosure

Cardynal

Juvenile Grey heron from Lady's Island

maxidublin

Eamon pays us a visit (a little Robin that lives in the Guinness Yard in Dublin)

eamonn strikes a pose by maxidublin, on Flickr

One of the baby TITS takes a bath
birdue2 by maxidublin, on Flickr

Another one of the babies getting its breakfast
bird by maxidublin, on Flickr

rua327

Beautiful picture of the Robin that lives in Guinness. Going to buy bird feeders today to help these little fella's during the winter...

maxidublin

why thank you. heres more of eamonn
nom nom nom by maxidublin, on Flickr

eamonn2 by maxidublin, on Flickr

maxidublin

heres another little visitor to the guinness yard. remember this is smack in the heart of dublin city centre. (james gate)

guinness foxie by maxidublin, on Flickr

Cardynal

Kestrel from Tacumshin.

trebor28

ok i didnt take these pics but found them on the internet on a dutch page. dont ask.
for anyone that has never seen what a falcon does when preparing its dinner

i came across a sparrowhawk one time after it had stripped a woodpigeon.
all that was left was a skeleton, wings and legs, ligaments and tendons.
stripped everything, all the neck, eyes everything.

John mac

Can someone put a name on this fella?

Sorry for lack of sharpness i took it through a window.





and our local Kestral.

Rainbowsend

Looks like a Tree Pippet John

Feargal as Luimneach

Bird looks more like meadow pipit, you can see yellow base to bil (tree pipit has pink at base)l. Tree pipit are very uncommon and usually seen mostly on passage while meadow pipit are very common.
Easiest way to tell them apart is by streaking on flanks, bold streak on flanks on M pipit while thin streaks on T pipit.
A good link which shows differences:
http://www.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/categories/images/stories/galleries/editorial_features_identification/viewsize/meadow-and-tree-pipits.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/categories/articleitem.asp%3Fcate%3D23%26topic%3D119%26item%3D495&usg=__hBoZOcS5T5SC9KjErtcBo16_D3M=&h=486&w=400&sz=46&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=CneNMtHD30qIzM:&tbnh=132&tbnw=107&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtree%2Bpipit%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26biw%3D1920%26bih%3D1014%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=491&vpy=229&dur=3318&hovh=248&hovw=204&tx=108&ty=153&ei=FvCxTNeuGYztOdKHhdMF&oei=FvCxTNeuGYztOdKHhdMF&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=59&ved=1t:429,r:12,s:0

rua327

Guys,this might sound insane, but I am after taking a serious liking to birds recently, I cant stop checking out pictures of them, and I just bought a seed feeder and little birdhouse for the back in the hope of getting them around more often.

Is this normal,or what? I will be spoiling them rotten this winter. Cant believe everybody doesn't want to look after these little guys.

Birdmad

rua327 wrote: »

Guys,this might sound insane, but I am after taking a serious liking to birds recently, I cant stop checking out pictures of them, and I just bought a seed feeder and little birdhouse for the back in the hope of getting them around more often.

Is this normal,or what? I will be spoiling them rotten this winter. Cant believe everybody doesn't want to look after these little guys.

Nothing insane about it, one of my most favourite pastimes. Good for you to feed them throughout the coming winter months. These creatures suffer badly during the cold winter months and sometimes don't survive at all.

http://hubpages.com/hub/Many-pictures-of-Wild-Leitrim

V Bull

Some snaps from my holiday in SW Florida.

This butterfly was hit by a car and was lying on the roadside.









Pokemon spiders.....:D:D

V Bull

Not sure about the names of these birds, open to correction from the experts. I only had a 90mm on the camera, so sorry about the distance and lack of sharpness.

Black Vulture.


Brown Pelican.


Cormorant with fish.


Frigatebirds.


Great Blue Heron.

V Bull

Some more pics.

Tricolour Heron.


Snowy Egret & Great Egret.


Snakebird.


Roseate Spoonbills & Cormorants.


Osprey at nest site


Little Blue Heron.


Ibis


Ibis 2


Terns etc


Again, open to correction by the experts. I have some more pics but dont want to bore anyone......

littlebug

V Bull wrote: »

. I have some more pics but dont want to bore anyone......

Ah go on....

V Bull

OK Mrs Doyle.....:D

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Feargal as Luimneach

V Bull wrote: »

Some more pics.



Terns etc


Again, open to correction by the experts. I have some more pics but dont want to bore anyone......

Gull on bottom left is Laughing gull,
Large tern with orange bill is Royal tern
The rest of the tern are sandwich terns
The wader (gray bird) is a willet

Feargal as Luimneach

V Bull wrote: »

OK Mrs Doyle.....:D

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Plover ?

1 juvenile yellow crowned night heron
2 sanderling
3 either short biller dowitcher or long billed dowitcher (need to hear call)
4 gray plover
5 wood stork
6 sandwich tern
7 Royal tern
8 red bellied woodpecker
9 sanderling
10 double crested cormorant

Cardynal

Wheatear from Hook Head , counted up to 50 in the coastal fields around Hook recently
Regards Tom.

Feargal as Luimneach

Common dolphin taken today off west Cork.
Also saw a minke whale:) No sign of any Fin whales though....

trabpc

Outside my house yesterday.

A Kestrel I think!

Alliandre

Is it chasing a wagtail in the last picture or is that something else?