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

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    #512
    magicbastarder
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    just one raptor - it's a hooded crow and a kite.


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    #513
    Means Of Escape
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    A visiting Jay


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    #514
    NEW WAVE
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    Robin
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    #515
    gzoladz
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    Ringed Plover, Tree Creeper and Dunlin, Dublin

    49879240246_d327b4484f_b.jpgIMG-20200509_083008 by Gustavo, on Flickr

    49879240261_83e669c838_b.jpgIMG-20200509_161847 by Gustavo, on Flickr

    49879550012_33d4a67ffb_b.jpgIMG-20200509_083208 by Gustavo, on Flickr


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    #516
    Mac-Chops
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    Plenty of busy Sand Martins about at the weekend, thankfully this one paused briefly for a snap.

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    #517
    Bsal
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    Blackbird out singing this evening

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    #518
    Muahahaha
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    Came across these curious fellas out on a walk yesterday evening

    deer1.jpg

    deer2.jpg


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    #519
    Adrian.Sadlier
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    49892368912_643cc69dc8_c.jpg

    Zoom by Adrian Sadlier, on Flickr

    Can anybody help with an ID? My best guess (as someone who knows nothing about birds) is possibly a House Martin. It was damn hard to capture it in flight :)


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    #520
    Bsal
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    I think it's a Sand Martin.


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    #521
    GreyEagle
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    Adrian.Sadlier wrote: »
    49892368912_643cc69dc8_c.jpg

    Zoom by Adrian Sadlier, on Flickr

    It was damn hard to capture it in flight :)

    Great photo. Pin sharp when enlarged. If it was mine I would crop it portrait style, showing the reflection in the water, frame it, and hang it on the wall for everyone to admire. 😉


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    #522
    Bsal
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    First of the Sparrow fledgling's today

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    Daddy

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    Jackdaw lovers

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    #523
    bkrangle
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    Juvenile blackbird

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    #524
    magicbastarder
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    Mod: <<snip>> Just a reminder that it's illegal to approach/disturb/photograph nests and nesting areas without a valid licence.

    I'm afraid pictures of nests won't be allowed in this forum for the reasons outlined here:

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/show...postcount=7428


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    #525
    magicbastarder
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    i understand why the post was deleted, but rest assured that the photo was taken about 20m away from the nest, and probably twice the distance from the footpath that passes directly underneath the nest, which is a fairly well trodden path. no harm came to the birds.


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    #526
    New Home
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    I understand that, but them's the rulz. :)


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    #527
    NEW WAVE
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    Blue Tit
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    Feeding time


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    #528
    fryup
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    new wave ...are you a pro-photographer ?


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    #529
    Tigerandahalf
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    Is this a grasshopper?
    Tried to embed the imgur image but won't work.


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    #530
    Wailin
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    Buzzard

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    #531
    New Home
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    Tigerandahalf wrote: »
    Is this a grasshopper?
    Tried to embed the imgur image but won't work.

    No, that's a shieldbug/stinkbug.


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    #532
    Wailin
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    Can't believe I've only come across this thread now! Some fantastic images to look over during lockdown.


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    #533
    NEW WAVE
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    fryup wrote: »
    new wave ...are you a pro-photographer ?
    No I'm not. Just an amateur wildlife photographer. :)


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    #534
    NEW WAVE
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    Goldcrest
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    This was original jpeg shot with no cropping.
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    Was sitting at our fish pond just past nine last night when something very small flew by at speed thought it might be a wren. Anyway it returned and landed on the waterfall of the pond and to my surprise it turned out to be a goldcrest. I had my camera with me and took some shots bear in mind it was quiet dark at that time here. For the photographers the camera settings were as follows;
    1/30 sec f2.8 iso 2500 at 200 mm. I will now keep a look out to try and get some better shots. All my photographs since the lockdown were taken in our property and some of the birds I have never seen here before which goes to show what is around if you have the patience and the time to look.


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    #535
    Seamai
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    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Came across these curious fellas out on a walk yesterday evening

    deer1.jpg

    deer2.jpg

    They're beautiful pics, what part of the country is that? Is it a golf course?


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    #536
    Tigerandahalf
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    Mating snails.


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    #537
    NEW WAVE
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    Think I'm right in saying its a Willow Warbler ?


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    #538
    Wailin
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    Young Sika stag

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    #539
    Tiercel Dave
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    Tigerandahalf wrote: »
    Mating snails.

    And being Hermaphrodite both come away from the tryst pregnant!.....


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    #540
    New Home
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    And if stuck, being hermaphrodite, they can fertilise themselves.


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    #541
    Rows Grower
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    New Home wrote: »
    And if stuck, being hermaphrodite, they can fertilise themselves.

    It would want to be one undesirable snail if it couldn't find a partner out of the entire rest of the species.

    "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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