Some pictures I took recently

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Hotei, absolutely brilliant catch.

Hotei

Jazlyn Incalculable Yo-yo wrote: »

Hotei, absolutely brilliant catch.

Thank you, Jazlyn Incalculable Yo-yo.

Hotei

Green Hairstreak foraging on Oxeye Daisy:

keps

@hotie

Wow - you are certainly in top form:)

Hotei

keps wrote: »

@hotie

Wow - you are certainly in top form:)

Thanks a million, keps!

gzoladz

Tongues...

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gzoladz wrote: »

Tongues...

Straight out of the fables of Aesop or Jean de la Fontaine!

keps

Dipper

Tiercel Dave

Cuttlebone, Spanish Point, Co. Clare.....

whyulittle

Delighted to finally spot my first Marsh Fritillary today, at Crosswood Bog. I've been looking out for them for the last few years at different spots.

keps

whyulittle wrote: »

Delighted to finally spot my first Marsh Fritillary today, at Crosswood Bog. I've been looking out for them for the last few years at different spots.

Fantastic!


Did u manage to get a pic? It doesn't appear on my screen?

whyulittle

Strange, it's there alright. It even shows up in your quoted reply.

http://mylocalwildlife.net/?p=3173

keps

Yeah- it's strange ok


I saw the link for second - but now it's gone

now got it on that last link... well done great work

keps

Today -along the Dodder bank




Wren

gzoladz

Is this a common (or holly) blue?

keps

Grey Heron

Hotei

gzoladz wrote: »

Is this a common (or holly) blue?

A Common Blue nectaring on Bird's Foot Trefoil.

Hotei

Jackdaw fledgling










Pied Wagtail fledglings






Spotted Flycatcher
A pair of Spotted Flycatchers return each year to nest in Virginia Creeper growing above the door of the local village pub. It was late in the evening and getting a wee bit dark, so it's a rather grainy shot.




Meadow Pipit on the Curragh

keps

Thanks to F.R .. I think the wildflower is:

Red Valerian/Centranthus ruber





Coming in to land

keps

This fellah perched on the balcony railing for a while today .. before heading in for some tasty sunflower seeds

Is it a young Bullfinch??

Photo taken through glass- so not great


Juvenile Bullfinch ?

Hotei

keps wrote: »

This fellah perched on the balcony railing for a while today .. before heading in for some tasty sunflower seeds

Is it a young Bullfinch??

Photo taken through glass- so not great


Juvenile Bullfinch ?

Lovely shot! It looks like a Female Bullfinch. A juvenile Bullfinch wouldn't have a black cap yet as far as I'm aware.

magicbastarder

keps wrote: »

Photo taken through glass- so not great

ah here, that's lovely and crisp!

keps

Grey Heron- Dodder




Grey Heron


Reflection

Last pic rotated

Hotei

keps wrote: »

Grey Heron- Dodder



Reflection

Last pic rotated

This shot is brilliant keps! Love the reflection.

keps

All is quite?




Just another shot of that Bullfinch from Tuesday last




Bullfinch

Lady Haywire

I don't post here much, just follow in awe of the pics. But thought this was nice a few weeks ago. Not crisp as out a window unfortunately.

TopTec

I think they are super, Lady Haywire.... Nice catch.


TT

keps

Hooded Crow




hooded crow

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^^^

"There, through the broken branches, go
The ravens of unresting thought;
Flying, crying, to and fro,
Cruel claw and hungry throat,
Or else they stand and sniff the wind,
And shake their ragged wings; alas!
Thy tender eyes grow all unkind:
Gaze no more in the bitter glass."

Excerpt from "The Two Trees", W. B. Yeats

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Tread softly:)