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    #1472
    V_Moth
    Registered Users Posts: 1,423 ✭✭✭V_Moth


    Clearpreso wrote: »


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    Unidentified flying object on Killiney hill

    Probably just a Sparrowhawk, but I would be interested to see the picture in its original size.


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    #1473
    Clearpreso
    Registered Users Posts: 118 ✭✭Clearpreso


    Heres the original (the largest size flickr would allow anyway) http://www.flickr.com/photos/clearpreso/6424390331/sizes/l/in/photostream/

    Good luck finding the bird!


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    #1474
    V_Moth
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    Clearpreso wrote: »
    Heres the original (the largest size flickr would allow anyway) http://www.flickr.com/photos/clearpreso/6424390331/sizes/l/in/photostream/

    Good luck finding the bird!

    Thanks. I'd be 90% certain that it is a Sparrowhawk based on the wing shape and the general impression of its size. As a side note, I have regularly seen Sparrowhawks soaring over Killiney Hill, while Buzzard and Red Kite have been seen from here in the past.


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    #1475
    Clearpreso
    Registered Users Posts: 118 ✭✭Clearpreso


    My favourite is the Kestrel up there... which I am yet to see when I have my camera with me :-( Great spot up there. I am determined to get a photo of one of the few remaining elusive rabbits. Saw one there, was about to take a wonderful pic, camera ran out of battery...


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    #1476
    Kat1170
    Registered Users Posts: 3,605 ✭✭✭Kat1170


    Saw my first ever treecreeper today. Wouldn't have had a clue what it was if it wasn't for this thread:D. Amazing to watch it run along the 'underside' of the tree branches :eek:.


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    #1477
    V Bull
    Registered Users Posts: 719 ✭✭✭V Bull


    I was AWOL for a few weeks, sorry to loose LB as a Mod.

    Some photos from today and yesterday.

    Yellowhammer....never saw one during winter before..a first for me..
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    Little Egret..
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    Grey Heron..
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    Cormorant in the evening..
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    Pintail Duck with Black Tailed Godwits..
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    #1478
    whyulittle
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    Linnet?

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    #1479
    V_Moth
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    whyulittle wrote: »
    Linnet?

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    Yes. Note the conical grey beak, limited streaking on the breast and weak supercilium. Unusual to see one perched in a conifer.


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    #1480
    whyulittle
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    It wasn't deep inside a plantation or anything like that - just a couple of trees beside the carpark.


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    #1481
    Rainbowsend
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    Apologies for the bad photos, purely for identification so cropped to the death,
    I thought this might be a Hen Harrier but I didnt notice black tips to the wings when it was flying, it was flying very erratically twisting and swooping, maybe Short Eared Owl??
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    This fella was sitting in a tree for ages, and because of the dark facial markings I am thinking Hobby, any suggestions gratefully received!
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    And the last little fella, Winchat?? Cant seem to find anything with such a pronounced eye stripe, ??
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    Thanks!:)


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    #1482
    V_Moth
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    (1) Probably a Hen Harrier based on facial profile, which would be a flat disk on a SE Owl.
    (2) Female/immature Kestrel. A Merlin would show some cross-barring on the side of the breast.
    (3) Female/immature Reed Bunting.

    Edit: Hobby would show a much more defined black stripe below and behind the eye.


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    #1483
    thyme
    Registered Users Posts: 553 ✭✭✭thyme


    First and second shot looks like Sparrow Hawk,I think.
    Third one is, female Reed Bunting.


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    #1484
    whyulittle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    I'd definitely go with HH for No.1.

    The females don't the really obvious black wing tips that the males do.


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    #1485
    bogtreader
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    Is the ring around the head on top picture not an indicator of a short eared owl.


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    #1486
    Pie Man
    Registered Users Posts: 348 ✭✭Pie Man


    bogtreader wrote: »
    Is the ring around the head on top picture not an indicator of a short eared owl.

    Female Harrier's have ring markings like that.

    image from google
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    #1487
    whyulittle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    Hen Harriers have a band behind the head too.

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    #1488
    E39MSport
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    Great pic above.

    That's what I saw years ago on the M4 near London. Short stocky neck with the bar just like pic 1. Only now identifying it :)

    (edit) M4 corridor is great for Kites and Buzzards. I'm blessed that I haven't caused an accident.


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    #1489
    whyulittle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    :) Cool stuff.


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    #1490
    Bagmagnet
    Registered Users Posts: 115 ✭✭Bagmagnet


    Some pictures from Blessington Street Basin, Dublin. Loads of Mandarin, Wood Duck and White-Cheeked Pintails about the place.

    Tufted Duck:
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    White-Cheeked Pintail:
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    Mandarin:
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    #1491
    swifts need our help!
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    Are these ducks at liberty or pinioned?

    Mark


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    #1492
    Bagmagnet
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    swifts need our help! wrote: »
    Are these ducks at liberty or pinioned?

    Mark

    I think most of the ducks there were capable of flight. The pintails certainly were, as I've got a crap picture of them:
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    #1493
    Rainbowsend
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    Those Pintails are very pretty, dont think I have
    ever seen one!


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    #1494
    swifts need our help!
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    Those pintail are White-cheeked pintail Anas bahamensis


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    #1495
    F.R.
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    Goldfinches taking over the feeder :)
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    #1496
    Rainbowsend
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    @ FR You should get a proper holder for the fat balls, the little birds
    can get their feet tangled in the net especially if they are panicked by
    a passing Sparrowhawk.....easy pickings :eek:


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    #1497
    stevensi
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    I agree about the netting on the fat balls. Birds have been known to lose their legs in those nets. I don't know why they are allowed sell the fat balls in those nets...


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    #1498
    bernard0368
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    Mandarins, Bushy Park
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    Hoping a bit of bread will be left behind.
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    #1499
    Eyepatch
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    I live near Bushy Park. I didn't realize you could find Mandarins there. Must go and have a look! Thanks for great photos, Bernard!


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    #1500
    swifts need our help!
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    It's amazing to see Goldfinches on fat balls but I'm sure they are picking out seeds.

    Yesterday the Goldfinches in my garden went through two 6 port seeders filled with chopped sunflower hearts

    Mark


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    #1501
    cfitz
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    Broad-winged Hawk, picture taken by my wife when we visited Everglades National Park a few weeks ago.

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