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Some pictures I took recently

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    #1802
    thyme
    Registered Users Posts: 553 ✭✭✭thyme


    Just one more of this beautiful bird.
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    #1803
    swifts need our help!
    Registered Users Posts: 944 ✭✭✭swifts need our help!


    thyme it's actually looking at you!


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    #1804
    GreyEagle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 318 ✭✭GreyEagle


    I took my camera to the beach at low tide today. Almost no birds around except for this pied wagtail who hopped up on a rock and posed for the camera:); http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24354102/Pied%20Wagtail.jpg
    GE


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    #1805
    Lumber Man
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭Lumber Man


    Cuckoo and meadow pipit!


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    #1806
    MeteoritesEire
    Registered Users Posts: 413 ✭✭MeteoritesEire


    nice pics lumber man


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    #1807
    thyme
    Registered Users Posts: 553 ✭✭✭thyme


    swifts need our help! wrote: »
    thyme it's actually looking at you!
    Looking at me yes it was, and it came closer to have a good look, but got out of there pretty fast when it figured out what was down there.


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    #1808
    whyulittle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    They did the same with me once or twice last year at Boora.


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    #1809
    GreyEagle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 318 ✭✭GreyEagle


    Trying to get better shots of garden birds each time I try;
    Blue Tit; http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24354102/DSCN0707.JPG
    and http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24354102/DSCN0711.JPG
    GE


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    #1810
    dodderangler
    Registered Users Posts: 9,204 ✭✭✭dodderangler


    thyme wrote: »
    swifts need our help! wrote: »
    thyme it's actually looking at you!
    Looking at me yes it was, and it came closer to have a good look, but got out of there pretty fast when it figured out what was down there.
    There is different reasons for buzzards follOwing people
    They follow people when they out walkin as in hope that people walkin will frighten a small mammal out of cover as for the buzzard to make a kill
    also follow people on land were people hunt as hopin to get free meal ie guts etc from a fresh kill as buzzards are more scavengers than hunters
    And they will also follow if they have a best near by to see u as a threat and make sure u are well away from the nest


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    #1811
    F.R.
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭F.R.


    Jay
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    #1812
    OpenYourEyes
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 3,068 Mod ✭✭✭✭OpenYourEyes


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    Some cygnets studying how to be a swan in UCD

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    #1813
    whyulittle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    This fella was bounding down the track towards me - I couldn't get out of the way and hide in time
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    Whitethroat?
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    #1814
    swifts need our help!
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    Whitehtroat? Yes
    http://www.birdguides.com/iris/pictures.asp?mode=search&sp=136344&rty=0&r=1&v=0&off=351912


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    #1815
    whyulittle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    Thanks.

    I had seen another bird the other day that had a much shorter song, and was much shyer, but from the brief glimpses I got seemed to have a pretty white throat as well - I had thought that one was a Whitethroat (might still be).

    I think there might be a Reed/Sedge Warbler along the same stretch.


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    #1816
    bernard0368
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    #1817
    stupidusername
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    At the Botanic Gardens a little while ago, we brought some nuts to feed the birds etc.
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    the news spread...
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    this little guy got very brave
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    collecting as many as he could...
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    #1818
    OpenYourEyes
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    EB3B22EE148440B9951CC221DABA3B91-0000342048-0002857502-00800L-FBB614CC16AB4CD7BC54633EBF070A8A.jpg
    Male Chaffinch

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    Coal Tit with a bee, about to go into that crack in the wall to feed its young!

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    A Great Tit about to feed its young     (also in a small crack in a wall)


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    #1819
    MeteoritesEire
    Registered Users Posts: 413 ✭✭MeteoritesEire


    cracking cola tit shots.Has everyone already discussed further back in these 120 pages what lenses and equipment they are using.I'm assuming a nice telephoto lens to get these crackers and others that many are sharing ;)


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    #1820
    vandriver
    Registered Users Posts: 3,460 ✭✭✭vandriver


    (1)
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    Great Tit by carl cotter, on Flickr

    (2)
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    Swallow by carl cotter, on Flickr

    (3)
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    Wren by carl cotter, on Flickr

    (4)
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    Linnet by carl cotter, on Flickr

    (5)
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    Common Whitethroat by carl cotter, on Flickr

    (6)
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    Great Tit(Juvenile) by carl cotter, on Flickr


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    #1821
    vandriver
    Registered Users Posts: 3,460 ✭✭✭vandriver


    Any idea what 4 and 5 are?


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    #1822
    GreyEagle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 318 ✭✭GreyEagle


    MeteoritesEire wrote: »
    cracking cola tit shots.Has everyone already discussed further back in these 120 pages what lenses and equipment they are using.I'm assuming a nice telephoto lens to get these crackers and others that many are sharing ;)

    I'm using a Nikon P510 which I only got last week. Really pleased with my results, (see previous pages). Also got a Stealth chair hide which is great.
    GE:)


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    #1823
    MeteoritesEire
    Registered Users Posts: 413 ✭✭MeteoritesEire


    lovely little camera that-just read couple reviews about it.
    gotta get myself a hide for sure


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    #1824
    whyulittle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    vandriver wrote: »
    Any idea what 4 and 5 are?

    In my expert opinion, 5 is a Whitethroat. :cool:


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    #1825
    OpenYourEyes
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    OpenYourEyes wrote: »

    Coal Tit with a bee, about to go into that crack in the wall to feed its young!


    A Great Tit about to feed its young     (also in a small crack in a wall)

    Ok someone mentioned the bib on the bottom pic indicates its a Great Tit, and since I saw a GT in that tree earlier in the week I'm inclined to agree.

    What do people think about the Coal Tit with bee? Is it definitely a CT, or is it a pale Great Tit like the bottom pic? Took lots of photos of it going in and out of that wall, but none show if it has the bib or not!


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    #1826
    vandriver
    Registered Users Posts: 3,460 ✭✭✭vandriver


    One from Tenerife last summer.ID anyone

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    IMG_3753-28 by carl cotter, on Flickr


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    #1827
    Bsal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,769 ✭✭✭Bsal


    Found this guy in the garden this evening, anyone know the name?

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    #1828
    vandriver
    Registered Users Posts: 3,460 ✭✭✭vandriver


    For the record,I use a Canon 450d,a Canon 70-300 is lens and Lightroom.


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    #1829
    F.R.
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭F.R.


    @ vandriver possibly Bertholot's Pipit


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    #1830
    thebishop
    Registered Users Posts: 320 ✭✭thebishop


    Bsal wrote: »
    Found this guy in the garden this evening, anyone know the name?
    http://www.hantsmoths.org.uk/species/2306.php
    Angle Shades.


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    #1831
    Lumber Man
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭Lumber Man


    1st, 2nd and 3rd!!!


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