Some pictures I took recently

stupidusername

E39MSport wrote: »

Last one could be a young blackbird? ... edit - although quite a pale breast

hmm, yeah it was actually with a female blackbird, she was faster at moving though! I never thought, but yeah could well be.

V Bull

Stupidusername....I think the 3rd photo down and the little guy with the Mandarin in the 4th photo is a Wood Duck..Love the gick-na's...:D

E39MSport

stupidusername wrote: »

hmm, yeah it was actually with a female blackbird, she was faster at moving though! I never thought, but yeah could well be.

Have one knockin about in our garden with an adult these past few days. Sadly, I think its one of 5 fledglings !

stupidusername

V Bull wrote: »

Stupidusername....I think the 3rd photo down and the little guy with the Madarin in the 4th photo is a Wood Duck..Love the gick-na's...:D

oh you're right! wow, good to know

E39MSport wrote: »

Have one knockin about in our garden with an adult these past few days. Sadly, I think its one of 5 fledglings !

awh, well at least one survived. there's not many surviving around the basin.

cscook

That juvenile coot is a bit more advanced than the one I saw in Farmleigh this week which still has some red left showing on its crown. And the stubbiest of stubby wings, which I only spotted on video.

My sun-bathing blackbird was joined by a robin at one stage the other day.

Kat1170

Found this prince in waiting in my greenhouse during the week:D. Not too sure how he got in as my garden is surrounded by walls.

E39MSport

Found one in my bedroom once - no idea how it got there.

Kat1170

E39MSport wrote: »

Found one in my bedroom once - no idea how it got there.

A prince or a frog :D

Mothman

Kat1170 wrote: »

Found this prince in waiting in my greenhouse during the week:D. Not too sure how he got in as my garden is surrounded by walls.

They're better climbers than we give them credit for!

Hearvee

A few from Marlay Park and Blackrock Park today.


Young Blue Tit


Young Moorhen


Young Chaffinch


Bullfinch

cscook

Kat1170 wrote: »

Found this prince in waiting in my greenhouse during the week:D. Not too sure how he got in as my garden is surrounded by walls.

A prince in a garden indeed for all the slugs he eats.

V Bull

stupidusername wrote: »

All from the basin:

Female mandarin, I'm pretty sure

Yep, i think you are right, but she looks as if she's having a very bad hair day....poor thing looks very tired indeed..

Here's a snap that I took a while back of Mr & Mrs Mandarin in the Phoenix Park..

Traonach

Tree sparrow from Skopje (Macedonia). Loads of them around the city.

paulusdu

From a trip to Doolin / Cliffs of Mohar

The Stack


Shag


Razorbill (out of Focus)


Razor Bills and Shags


Puffins


Guillemots


From out the back garden
Badger

Cardynal

2 of the Robin Brood out and about.

E39MSport

Lovely Robins Nice shots

stupidusername

Baby mallards, there's seven of them, fair play to them, they're all still there!


Cormorant, couldn't get a better one without my camera


Male Mandarin, he was watching me for ages


himself again, like how you can see his feathers so well here

bogtreader

this little fella was munching on the buddelia (butterfly bush)

mikka631

Greenfinch in early morning light


Greenfinch in early morning light


Chaffinch in early morning light

Mothman

bogtreader wrote: »

this little fella was munching on the buddelia (butterfly bush)

Caterpillar of the Yellow-tail

whyulittle

Upside down Snipe?

marlin vs

whyulittle wrote: »

Upside down Snipe?

Looks like he's Drumming,He usually starts by flying over the breeding site, calling loudly but then he suddenly dives down with his outer tail feathers at right angles so that the rushing air makes them hum, a display known as 'drumming'.

whyulittle

Chiffchaff or Willow Warbler? Legs look darker in one pic than the other. May not be the exact same bird, but was taken at the same spot / time.






Juvenile Reed Bunting






Juvenile Blue Tit




Brilliant nest!

trebor28

whyulittle wrote: »

Chiffchaff or Willow Warbler? Legs look darker in one pic than the other. May not be the exact same bird, but was taken at the same spot / time.

its a tough one alright.

the only sure fire way to tell the difference is the song i think.

completely different. check out the rspb website you'll see how different they are.

i have what i think is a pair of willow warblers nesting outside. they dont make the usual song though, instead its a slow quiet "chiiirp" similar to something a bullfinch or chaffinch makes.

mgwhelan

Pretty sure the both of them are willow warbler, chiffchaff have dark grey almost black legs.


chiffchaff




willow warbler

Cardynal

Been a while since iv'e got a shot of these elusive little fellows , used to have 3 pairs nesting on a 5/6 mile stretch of the Barrow where i live , but only 1 this year as far as i can make out.
Two young have fledged from the first brood and i'm sure their on to the second one by now ,the nest is fairly hard to get near so i'm not sure on that. Seem to be an awful lot of rats around this year ( anyone else notice that) , so i would worry for the eggs but hopefully they will be ok.

sineadom

Traonach wrote: »

It's a lesser redpoll.

Implying that we have more than one kind in Ireland? Or that we just have lesser redpolls and not common redpolls? Am stumped by what I thought was a larger one I saw last year.

Cardynal

sineadom wrote: »

Implying that we have more than one kind in Ireland? Or that we just have lesser redpolls and not common redpolls? Am stumped by what I thought was a larger one I saw last year.

Lesser Redpolls are the Widespread species in Ireland , with a small number of Autumn and Winter Vagrants ( Arctic and Mealy Redpolls).

swifts need our help!

Trebor, the sound you hear is the alarm call

swifts need our help!

Whyu, what camera do you use and what size lens?