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Some pictures I took recently

Nerin

all manner of beasties and birdies been around my house lately, or the forest across the way.

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keps

grey heron

pegasus1

Twice now I have seen a heron being pestered by a crow in mid flight..This time not 20 foot in the air right above me....and twice no camera with me..not even an iphone..:mad:
Someone shoot me please...;)

keps

@pegasus- I didn't know that could happen until I saw it myself a couple of yrs ago ( when newly arrived here)

See post 3921 here and the replies!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=90879780

pegasus1

keps wrote: »

@pegasus- I didn't know that could happen until I saw it myself a couple of yrs ago ( when newly arrived here)

See post 3921 here and the replies!

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=90879780

I think, when walking the dogs and even raining, I will have the camera with me..from now on..Nice capture...

Nightforce 65X55

Zoo4m8

Tomnafinnogue wood Nightforce? Terrific pics...

GreyEagle

I was surprised to see a party of Brent Geese still on the Boyne this morning. They were on the Baltray side and I was at the Maiden Tower on the Mornington side. Uncropped, a bit of a stretch for my Nikon P510.

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GreyEagle

One Kittiwake in Port Oriel, Clogherhead among all the local herring gulls;

He/she was good enough to settle on a nearby post:

keps

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Nightforce 65X55

keps wrote: »

speed

Great shot Keps. I was trying to track and focus on swallow's tonight but they are super fast and very erratic in flight. Hats off to you. That is not an easy photo to get....well done.

sumtings

Nightforce 65X55 wrote: »

Great shot Keps. I was trying to track and focus on swallow's tonight but they are super fast and very erratic in flight. Hats off to you. That is not an easy photo to get....well done.

I've got probably 1000s of shots of sky and river with no sandmartins in frame!

LinF

pegasus1 wrote: »

Twice now I have seen a heron being pestered by a crow in mid flight..This time not 20 foot in the air right above me....and twice no camera with me..not even an iphone..:mad:
Someone shoot me please...;)

When we were running our trout farm here in the BBNP we were constantly visited by Herons trying to come through the heron nets but funnily enough we had 2 pairs of crows that acted as policemen keeping the herons away. In return we made sure the crows were fed.

keps

today

Blue tit gathering nest material

blue tit

savagethegoat

It looks to me like a Female Mallard with a male head.....any idea what it really is? maybe a juvenile Male?

keps

grey wagtail

Capercaillie

savagethegoat wrote: »

It looks to me like a Female Mallard with a male head.....any idea what it really is? maybe a juvenile Male?

domestic duck/mallard hybrid

gzoladz

sumtings wrote: »

I've got probably 1000s of shots of sky and river with no sandmartins in frame!

Same, lol!!!

I am wondering if there is merit to set up a "swallows/swifts/sand martin in flight" photos thread. It is almost a different category all together.

vandriver

gzoladz wrote: »

Same, lol!!!

I am wondering if there is merit to set up a "swallows/swifts/sand martin in flight" photos thread. It is almost a different category all together.

Here's my contribution!

https://flic.kr/p/cAuHQs

LinF

Keps Lovely shots, I love blue tits & robins. Presume you use telephoto lens? I think I have a nest in our fire bush but I am afraid of disturbing them, will wait until they fly out looking for food and then try & check it out

OpenYourEyes

LinF wrote: »

Keps Lovely shots, I love blue tits & robins. Presume you use telephoto lens? I think I have a nest in our fire bush but I am afraid of disturbing them, will wait until they fly out looking for food and then try & check it out

If you see birds flying in and out regularly, sometimes with food, then you more than likely do have a nest. It's best not to try and investigate it until later in the year though or you could put it at risk.just keep a close eye on the hedge from a safe distance and you should get a good idea of how the nest is progressing over the season

keps

LinF wrote: »

Keps Lovely shots, I love blue tits & robins. Presume you use telephoto lens? I think I have a nest in our fire bush but I am afraid of disturbing them, will wait until they fly out looking for food and then try & check it out

Thanks:)
Yes I now nearly all the time use a long (zoom) telephoto lens extended to 600mm - which helps to get 'closer' !

keps

A strange coincidence!

Earlier in the week we were talking about crows attacking/mobbing a heron.

Well today I saw 2 pigeons having a go at a heron- it took me a sec to realise what was going on.
Two pigeons did 2 'swoops' each before departing the scene.

Just managed to get one pic

pigeon

keps

Actually just looking at the pic again.... could it be a female blackbird?

Thought it was a pigeon when looking through the lens

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pegasus1

keps wrote: »

Actually just looking at the pic again.... could it be a female blackbird?

Thought it was a pigeon when looking through the lens

There is such thing as a brown crow...very rare....!!
A friend of mine spotted one..and someone from birdwatch ireland came and met him..

A leucistic crow..
Leucism involves a partial or total absence of pigmentation from plumage.

OpenYourEyes

keps wrote: »

Actually just looking at the pic again.... could it be a female blackbird?

Thought it was a pigeon when looking through the lens

It does strike me as more Thrush-like alright, was the other bird darker or the same in colour?

keps

today

orange tip

keps

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

It does strike me as more Thrush-like alright, was the other bird darker or the same in colour?

To tell the truth - I don't really know.

I had zoomed in on the heron to take a photo - and I saw it 'duck' as a bird came from the right and I think it raised/snapped its beak to try to injure/deflect the bird.

Then the bird swooped again from the left and that's when I got the shot.

In fact I would not be a good police witness -and while there were 4 swoops in all and I was kinda sure there were 2 birds - it might( on mature reflection) have been only one bird coming from different directions.
I was mainly looking through a 600mm lens.

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