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

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  • #662
    Livefornow
    Registered Users Posts: 96 ✭✭Livefornow


    With the lifting of restrictions, the Lads were delighted to be able to meet up for a drink...

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    but there's always one who ruins it for everyone....

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  • #663
    Benny mcc
    Registered Users Posts: 158 ✭✭Benny mcc


    Livefornow wrote: »
    With the lifting of restrictions, the Lads were delighted to be able to meet up for a drink...

    ApEMsSSh.jpg


    but there's always one who ruins it for everyone....

    kt3rmUph.jpg

    price less


  • #664
    sumsar
    Registered Users Posts: 500 ✭✭✭sumsar


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    Juvenile Bluetit In Tymon Park


  • #665
    NEW WAVE
    Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


    Black Cap
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  • #666
    Rows Grower
    Registered Users Posts: 7,817 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    NEW WAVE wrote: »
    Black Cap
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    Poor fella looks like he got a fade from one of his parents.

    "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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  • #667
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,343 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Instead of a bowl cut he got an acorn cup cut. :D


  • #668
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,343 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    ...anyway...


    "...and a partri-ige in a pear treeeeee."

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    I know, iI know, t's a collared dove, not a turtle dove.


  • #669
    geeneyj2
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭geeneyj2


    gzoladz wrote: »
    Water Rail, Booterstown Marsh (btw, should this thread be "sticky")

    Any tips on spotting water rail? On my list to see


  • #670
    gzoladz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭gzoladz


    After more than 3 months following my sparrowhawks' pair, I am pleased to report that the chicks have started fledging...I have counted 3 chicks but I suspect there could be 1 or 2 more, just going by the look of them.

    I will try to confirm the number over the next few days. Not an easy task though considering that the observation is from the road and the action takes place at the top of the trees.

    50097494598_855b441e88_b.jpgIMG-20200710_104447 by Gustavo, on Flickr

    50098076091_b2d1537d2c_b.jpgIMG-20200709_180259 by Gustavo, on Flickr

    50098076166_211897a7a7_b.jpgIMG-20200709_173908 by Gustavo, on Flickr

    50098075896_1b6753477a_b.jpgIMG-20200709_173610 by Gustavo, on Flickr

    50098075916_978a8a6bc3_b.jpgIMG-20200709_172511 by Gustavo, on Flickr

    50098075941_32296e661d_b.jpgIMG-20200709_172256 by Gustavo, on Flickr


  • #671
    TopTec
    Registered Users Posts: 1,167 ✭✭✭TopTec


    Fabulous pictures gzoladz, well done you.


    TT


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  • #672
    Livefornow
    Registered Users Posts: 96 ✭✭Livefornow


    Goldfinch in Flight


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  • #673
    NEW WAVE
    Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


    Heron in flight
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  • #674
    NEW WAVE
    Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


    Wren
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  • #675
    Bsal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,766 ✭✭✭Bsal


    Some butterflies from Ardgillan castle today, best guess what they are

    Red Admiral
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    Small White
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    Gatekeeper Edit:Meadow Brown
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    Bees
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  • #676
    Kamili
    Registered Users Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Kamili


    I believe the gatekeeper is actually a meadow brown. The gatekeeper has two white dots surrounded by black almost like a figure of 8.


  • #677
    NEW WAVE
    Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


    Mallard Duck
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  • #678
    pawrick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,721 ✭✭✭pawrick


    Some pics I got on Lough Ree with my phone a couple of days ago:

    Moorhen

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    Coot and chicks

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  • #679
    NEW WAVE
    Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


    Spotted Flycatcher with insect
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  • #680
    gzoladz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭gzoladz


    My sparrowhawk chicks continue growing. They are still hanging around the site where the nest is. 2xF, 1xM.

    It won't be long before they leave to live their own adventures, what an amazing lock down project this has been. I have followed them nearly every day since their parents were mating and nest building. They will be missed, hopefully I will see them around in my neighborhood.

    50140132813_37623de3a8_b.jpgIMG-20200719_190928 by Gustavo, on Flickr

    50140674131_04cfbf1744_b.jpgIMG-20200719_190241 by Gustavo, on Flickr

    50140913087_de765a1bd6_b.jpgIMG-20200719_185454 by Gustavo, on Flickr


  • #681
    Asus1
    Registered Users Posts: 557 ✭✭✭Asus1


    Lapwing chick.Not great picture,didn't want to disturb them to much

    Mod note: Photo removed. No photos of chicks or eggs without an NPWS license.


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  • #682
    Bsal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,766 ✭✭✭Bsal


    Had a visit from a Chiffchaff today

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  • #683
    NEW WAVE
    Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


    Female Black Cap
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  • #684
    NEW WAVE
    Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


    Chiffchaff
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  • #685
    NEW WAVE
    Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


    Small Tortoiseshell
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  • #686
    SnowyMuckish
    Registered Users Posts: 858 ✭✭✭SnowyMuckish


    Beautiful, I’ve never noticed the vivid blue edging before!


  • #687
    NEW WAVE
    Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


    Spotted Flycatchers
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  • #688
    NEW WAVE
    Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


    Gone fishing
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  • #689
    FlipperThePriest
    Subscribers Posts: 684 ✭✭✭FlipperThePriest


    newt-1.jpg

    I was removing a pile of rocks from the back garden today, found 19 newts. Painstaking work, to avoid crushing them. Thankfully, they just freeze when spotted, so easy enough to lift and move them. Moved them all up to a micro-pond area, plenty of stones and wood to hide under there, no known casualties.


  • #690
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    didn't think we had newts in ireland, learn something new everyday


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  • #691
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,343 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    I knew we had them but I've never seen one - I thought they'd be much bigger! And I also thought that was a lizard, but I can see that the shape of the head is different and the tail much more flexible.


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