Some pictures I took recently

dodderangler · 06-04-2014 10:13pm

keps wrote: »

He always hits the buzzer first!:)

Il get him eventually

Woodville56 · 07-04-2014 10:35am

keps wrote: »

Where were they taken?

They don't look like your 'average' duck

Do you know what type they are?

Pintail and Shoveler duck at Rahasane Turlough, Craughwell , Galway yesterday ! One of the best sites to see good numbers of wintering Pintail . Thought they would be gone by now ! Also loads of wigeon there and a few white fronted geese !

mikka631 · 07-04-2014 7:17pm

A Feral Goat at Glendalough who was very surprised to see me peeping around a rock with the camera,

Art Deko · 07-04-2014 11:44pm

keps · 08-04-2014 1:20pm

This morning - Liffey at Lucan Demesne

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dodderangler · 08-04-2014 1:37pm

Kills me seeing that.

OpenYourEyes · 08-04-2014 1:40pm

dodderangler wrote: »

Kills me seeing that.

Cormorants have no significant impacts on fish stocks, so don't worry too much!

keps · 08-04-2014 1:42pm

dodderangler wrote: »

Kills me seeing that.

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dodderangler · 08-04-2014 1:42pm

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

Cormorants have no significant impacts on fish stocks, so don't worry too much!

What about in a river?
They destroyed a lot of decent parts in the dodder and 2 were taken care of

bumper234 · 08-04-2014 1:49pm

In a park in Cheshire last week

OpenYourEyes · 08-04-2014 2:03pm

dodderangler wrote: »

What about in a river?
They destroyed a lot of decent parts in the dodder and 2 were taken care of

I spent 3 years walking a good long stretch of the Dodder on a regular basis and i'd safely conclude that fishermen were a bigger problem than Cormorants, not to mention habitat issues too.

If you do the math there's 1 or 2 cormorants over several km's, in which there's a huge amount of fish/trout of various sizes - that's why fish lay thousands of eggs, and that's why cormorants space themselves out so much especially on smaller rivers - it's not in the cormorants interest to significantly impact the food source in it's territory!

Feel free to show me a scientific paper or report that has found Cormorants to have a negative impact on fish stocks on a river like the Dodder, but until then it seems that the cormorant is being used as a scapegoat - helped by the fact that its 'ugly' and black.

keps wrote: »

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Up to you, but I don't think Doodderangler was suggesting it needed to be deleted.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 08-04-2014 3:17pm

I assume if these cormorants were "dealt with" that either it was under licence (which would not be granted on the basis of just two birds) or that you reported those who carried out this illegal act.
As you know I fish regularly and I have no problem with Cormorants. Its the non catch and release anglers that are the true problem: in conjunction with deterioration of the environment.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 08-04-2014 3:25pm

Keps, Put the picture back please. Your photography is exceptional and what was it only a nature shot?

OpenYourEyes · 08-04-2014 3:26pm

It's up to Keps if he wants the pics here or not. Keps, PM me if you want me to restore it (better to have it in it's original place than reuploading it)

dodderangler · 08-04-2014 3:56pm

No keps don't take it down. I meant no offence by my comment. Just I hate seeing cormorants on my river. Seen them eat 2-3 fish in space of few hours and on stretch of river I fish they destroyed the fish stocks. It's a great pic and hope you didn't take offence.
Srameen they were legally taken care of by fisheries board as they done a significant amount of damage and as someone who fished the spot almost every day I noticed the decline in figures of trout.
Once they were dealt with it took roughly a year before the trout started to show numbers again.

keps · 08-04-2014 4:02pm

Hopefully - this is a less controversial one:)

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whyulittle · 08-04-2014 4:12pm

Bloody Treecreepers, wrecking all our trees!! :mad:

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 08-04-2014 4:14pm

Just as an aside here are some of the findings from Tierney, N., Lusby, J., & Lauder, A. (2011) in A preliminary assessment of the potential impacts of Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo predation on salmonids
The findings of this study indicate that, at a population level, Cormorants do not selectively target salmonid smolts during their seaward migration, at the sites studied. ... where data was available on Cormorant diet composition, predation has an insignificant population level impact on salmonids....The findings also highlight the perceptions of fishery interests in relation to Cormorants, who view the species as posing a significant threat that necessitates proactive mitigation to rectify.

It's long (150 pages) and I only have a hard copy but I'm sure it's online somewhere.

Apologies for drifting from the photos.:o

keps · 08-04-2014 4:57pm

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

It's up to Keps if he wants the pics here or not. Keps, PM me if you want me to restore it (better to have it in it's original place than reuploading it)

I tried to send a Pm about 30 mins ago- did I do it correctly?

OpenYourEyes · 08-04-2014 6:20pm

Jazlyn Incalculable Yo-yo wrote: »

.....some of the findings from Tierney, N., Lusby, J., & Lauder, A. (2011) in A preliminary assessment of the potential impacts of Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo predation on salmonids

........................I'm sure it's online somewhere..........

Here it is

keps wrote: »

I tried to send a Pm about 30 mins ago- did I do it correctly?

Yes, I've just restored your Cormorant pictures on the previous page!

keps · 08-04-2014 11:06pm

Yesterday while walking-nowhere near no nest:)

Can you hear the silence?

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emo72 · 08-04-2014 11:10pm

keps you that guy with the nikon gear? im not stalking you, honestly:pac:

keps · 08-04-2014 11:17pm

emo72 wrote: »

keps you that guy with the nikon gear? im not stalking you, honestly:pac:

I certainly fit the bill:P

emo72 · 08-04-2014 11:27pm

keps wrote: »

I certainly fit the bill:P

ah sure, I'll say hello next time.

keps · 08-04-2014 11:37pm

emo72 wrote: »

ah sure, I'll say hello next time.

I'm Brian btw:)

keps · 08-04-2014 11:42pm

Boards: Nature & Bird Watching- where friendships begin

:pac::pac::pac:

dodderangler · 09-04-2014 9:02am

Keps
You that guy sitting outside in the tree looking at my neighbour when she gets home from work

sdevine89 · 10-04-2014 10:24am

vandriver · 10-04-2014 12:52pm

Small Tortoiseshell

vandriver · 10-04-2014 12:54pm

Pair of goldcrests

keps · 10-04-2014 2:56pm

Lucan Demesne this morning
Blue Tit appreciation day (-;

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vandriver · 11-04-2014 4:46pm

peter1892 · 12-04-2014 8:47am

Sparrowhawk by griffpics.com, on Flickr

keps · 12-04-2014 10:22pm

Rainbowsend · 12-04-2014 10:37pm

Hen Harrier

Twite (I think?) Massively cropped and reeds waving around in front of it.

Capercaille · 12-04-2014 10:56pm

Rainbowsend wrote: »

Hen Harrier

Twite (I think?) Massively cropped and reeds waving around in front of it.

First bird is male marsh harrier. Second is linnet.

BFassassin · 13-04-2014 8:03am

DSC_3933 by Stephen_Smyth_irl, on Flickr

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Bald Eagle in Vancouver

Rainbowsend · 13-04-2014 10:07am

Capercaille wrote: »

First bird is male marsh harrier. Second is linnet.

Thanks for that, I was thinking the "hen" harrier looked a bit different, it was in the usual hens haunt, and it wasn't sure on the Twite/Linnet as couldn't see any pink, probably female?

Eyepatch · 13-04-2014 11:15am

A spider in the the corner of my window-sill does her dastardly work wrapping up an unfortunate bee in gossamer thread. Luckily for this bee, she was rescued by me. I got a twig to separate them and needed a 2nd twig to unwrap her. She managed to walk away.

keps · 13-04-2014 11:51am

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 13-04-2014 12:05pm

Eyepatch wrote: »

A spider in the the corner of my window-sill does her dastardly work wrapping up an unfortunate bee in gossamer thread. Luckily for this bee, she was rescued by me. I got a twig to separate them and needed a 2nd twig to unwrap her. She managed to walk away.

I know that all sounds very laudable but spiders need to eat too. This is Nature. Things eat and things are eaten. Would you rescue a Bluetit from a sparrowhawk? A shrew from a kestel? A worm from a hedgehog? And so it goes on endlessly...:)

dodderangler · 13-04-2014 12:41pm

Eyepatch wrote: »

A spider in the the corner of my window-sill does her dastardly work wrapping up an unfortunate bee in gossamer thread. Luckily for this bee, she was rescued by me. I got a twig to separate them and needed a 2nd twig to unwrap her. She managed to walk away.

So the spider goes hungry and the bee was more than likely bitten aswell which would be a painful death then.
So it's a lose lose situation.
Leave nature as it is mate. Everything needs to eat.

keps · 13-04-2014 12:59pm

dodderangler wrote: »

So the spider goes hungry and the bee was more than likely bitten aswell which would be a painful death then.
So it's a lose lose situation.
Leave nature as it is mate. Everything needs to eat.

Except cormorants presumably:)

dodderangler · 13-04-2014 1:07pm

keps wrote: »

Except cormorants presumably:)

I wouldn't stop a cormorant from eating fish. I just hate seeing it as they eat quite a lot.
I certainly wouldn't "rescue" prey from predator.
That bee is dead. That spider hungry. Lose / lose situation

Eyepatch · 13-04-2014 3:03pm

Hi! @dodderangler!I'm not worried about the spider, as there are lots of flies around. The bees are in short supply. The bee was able to walk and, hopefully, after its shock, did fly away. If it had been bitten, I don't think it would have been able to walk. The spider's tactic was to roll it round in sticky gossamer, disabling it in that way. Who knows it might have kept it alive for egg-laying purposes!

keps · 13-04-2014 3:32pm

Eyepatch wrote: »

Hi! @dodderangler!I'm not worried about the spider, as there are lots of flies around. The bees are in short supply. The bee was able to walk and, hopefully, after its shock, did fly away. If it had been bitten, I don't think it would have been able to walk. The spider's tactic was to roll it round in sticky gossamer, disabling it in that way. Who knows it might have kept it alive for egg-laying purposes!

Yeah, Frodo was fine after the same experience in Lord of the Rings:)

keps · 13-04-2014 4:05pm

dodderangler wrote: »

I wouldn't stop a cormorant from eating fish. I just hate seeing it as they eat quite a lot.
I certainly wouldn't "rescue" prey from predator.
That bee is dead. That spider hungry. Lose / lose situation

But when they are 'taken care of ',their appetite diminishes, I hear.

OpenYourEyes · 13-04-2014 4:12pm

Ok guys, I don't think there's any more need to add to the cormorant debate here. I think everyone has aired their views, and this isn't the thread for it anyway. Start a new thread if you feel the need.

KJ · 14-04-2014 7:30pm

Collared Dove

Grey Squirrel

Chaffinch

Reed Bunting

This is a Thrush?

Any help naming these two?

whyulittle · 14-04-2014 7:38pm

I'm going with Linnet for the last one.

Some pictures I took recently

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