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Some Nature Pictures I Took Recently - II (Seasonal Photos)

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    #482
    Del.Monte
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    No.9. is a male Stonechat


    No.10. Meadow Pipit (?) - small boring brown birds never did it for me so I can't be certain with this one. :D

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    #483
    OpenYourEyes
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    First time poster, long time lurker!

    Been playing with a new lens the last 10 days or so and got a few pics. Apologies that some are slightly blurry - some were taken from hundreds of yards away and are as close as I can get in my current location.

    Below are the ones I know and can (i think!) identify. Would appreciate corrections if they are needed:


    Yellow Wagtail Grey Wagtail

    Thrush Meadow Pipit


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    #484
    OpenYourEyes
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Continuing those I know:

    Identify 8 = Looks like the female Chaffinch again!


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    #485
    OpenYourEyes
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    And for the last set - Thrush and some of the undentified birds are all Meadow Pipits, except the Stonechat as Del.Monte said above.

    The large bird is a gull not an albatross - looks like a Lesser Black-backed Gull (if not, a Great BBGull)


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    #486
    IrishZeus
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    Thanks a mill OpenYourEyes.

    Mea culpa on the grey wagtail - I always confuse the colour when I’m talking about them.

    Re: the Meadow pipit vs Thrush - would you tell me how you know so I know myself for future reference? I couldn’t tell the difference even when I looked them up!


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    #487
    NEW WAVE
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    Bath time
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    #488
    bkrangle
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    mTJv5iJh.jpg


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    #489
    Bsal
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    A few Buzzards over the house this afternoon

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    #490
    Rows Grower
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    Awesome birds and photography.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



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    #491
    NEW WAVE
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    Swallow in flight
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    #492
    Livefornow
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    How the hell did you get that shot NewWave??? :)
    Brilliant !!!!


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    #493
    magicbastarder
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    mid air tussle.
    (embedded images don't seem to be loading at the moment)

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    #494
    magicbastarder
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    would this be a fully grown kite? i.e. am i right in thinking there'd be a bigger size difference if it was?

    511693.jpg


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    #495
    New Home
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    511693.jpg
    6034073

    See if the attachment is visible if we embed it...


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    #496
    magicbastarder
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    it's odd, it displays sometimes for me.


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    #497
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,388 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Now, this is very weird. When I went to edit the message, the IMG tags and the url within them weren't even in the post, it looked like they disappeared! And I tried it twice!!


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    #498
    New Home
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    Aha!!! Bingo!!

    The url for the original attachment was: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=511693&d=1588532870. That doesn't work. But if we take out everything from the & onwards, we get this: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=511693

    Let's see if it works when I embed it, now:

    511693.jpg


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    #499
    IrishZeus
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    Still can’t see it.... iPhone OS, Chrome.


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    #500
    New Home
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    Damn it, it's gone again... :/


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    #501
    whyulittle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    I can see it.

    Think it's just pot luck, with the site being a bit screwey in general at the minute.
    Hi all, we apologise for the ongoing issues that are resulting in slow load times and unresponsive errors at times. We are working to get to the bottom of these issues. We understand that this is frustrating, but we thank you for your patience as we deal with this and we are sorry for the disruption.


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    #502
    NEW WAVE
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    Livefornow wrote: »
    How the hell did you get that shot NewWave??? :)
    Brilliant !!!!


    Thank you. Every year the swallows nest in our sheds the telephone wire passes close by where the female was perched just out of the shot. The male swallow was keen to multiply but his mate was not hence the expression. This courtship went on for around a week with similiar facial expressions before she said yes. :D


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    #503
    NEW WAVE
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    Starling in flight
    TDQQgLO.jpg


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    #504
    SnowyMuckish
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    That’s stunning New Wave! What do you use for your photos?


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    #505
    Rows Grower
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    New Home wrote: »
    Damn it, it's gone again... :/

    Looks like the site is on the mend, I just got a lot of updates re threads that I am following.

    It's been very strange the last week or so sending updates four or five days after they were posted, sending them more than once and problems posting or trying to see pictures posted.

    Hopefully it's back to normal soon.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



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    #506
    NEW WAVE
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    Male Bullfinch
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    Female Bullfinch
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    #507
    New Home
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    Aaaawh! He's bringing her flowers! :)


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    #508
    Tiercel Dave
    Registered Users Posts: 797 ✭✭✭Tiercel Dave


    New Home wrote: »
    Aaaawh! He's bringing her flowers! :)

    Unfortunately their penchant for Apple and Pear blossoms got them into trouble in times past.....


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    #509
    fryup
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    NEW WAVE..what camera & lens are you using??


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    #510
    SnowyMuckish
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    I’ve only ever caught a glimpse of a bullfinch in the bad snow of 2009/10. I put out niger seed which seems to be popular with finches and was watching patiently out the window for the usual characters, goldfinches, greenfinches and chaffinches. It’s one of those moments that takes your breath, when you find something unexpected through the ordinary moments in life.


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    #511
    fryup
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    mid air tussle.


    are those two raptors having a tussle? if so what are they?


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