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

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    #1142
    DeadSkin
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    HoteiMarkii wrote: »
    Not the number of bars as such, but the spacing. The Kestrel's tail bars are narrower.

    He/She has been hanging around the last few days from where I initially saw it, got a better(ish) picture today - Merlin or Kestrel :pac:

    I haven't seen it hover like you would a Kestrel, it's going from post to post and into the grass.


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    #1143
    TedR
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    DeadSkin wrote: »
    He/She has been hanging around the last few days from where I initially saw it, got a better(ish) picture today - Merlin or Kestrel :pac:

    I haven't seen it hover like you would a Kestrel, it's going from post to post and into the grass.

    Nice pic, 100% kestrel, if there was any doubt ;-)
    Kestrels getting much scarcer these days, so lovely to see it.
    Merlins do spend time on fenceposts etc, but when they do switch on, it's fast... they are much more dynamic hunters and chasers than the kestrel.


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    Tiercel Dave
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    DeadSkin wrote: »
    He/She has been hanging around the last few days from where I initially saw it, got a better(ish) picture today - Merlin or Kestrel :pac:

    I haven't seen it hover like you would a Kestrel, it's going from post to post and into the grass.

    It's a Kestrel, young male I'd say. A long tail in comparison to a Merlin, Merlin also has a 'solid' colour on the back, almost dark chocolate. Merlin flies very fast and low to the ground, it will outfly any thing that it happens to flush. Kestrel uses height to hunt and will drop down on unsuspecting prey. And the feet, Merlin is almost exclusively hunting birds so has dainty slender toes, Kestrel taking a lot of mice and ground quarry so has strong chunky feet built for 'rough and tumble'.....


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    #1145
    lolie
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    Mistle thrush through the window enjoying the sun two days ago.
    Seen the first swallow flying about yesterday, come the weekend it'll wish it waited another week.
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    Robbie with some food for his new girlfriend earlier.
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    #1146
    Be right back
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    Not so camouflaged.


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    #1147
    Bsal
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    Male Chaffinch

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    #1148
    pottokblue
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    Is it the angle or is Robbie getting plumper with his porridge treats and kitchen visits??

    I 've heard robins sing before but not mistle thrush does the mistle thrush Have a nice birdsong?


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    #1149
    DeadSkin
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    Fox has been out and about the last few evenings, finally got a shot of him.


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    #1150
    Rows Grower
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    Caught the clouds not wanting to fly this morning...

    "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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    #1151
    Rows Grower
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    And some tadpoles from a few days ago happy out in the pool in the corner of the chicken run...

    "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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    #1152
    lolie
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    Lots of insects out of hibernation with the good weather.
    Small tortoiseshell butterfly.
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    Bumblebee
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    Taperd drone fly
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    Brown tipped thorn moth
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    #1153
    glaswegian
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    glaswegian
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    glaswegian
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    glaswegian
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    #1157
    NEW WAVE
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    Grey Wagtail
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    #1158
    CiaranW
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    I saw two grey wagtails yesterday in Castletown House. Lovely.


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    #1159
    3wayswitch
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    A few of my recent photos. Mostly taken in Dalkey and a few from my local park (Cabinteely Park). Sorry for the large amount of images, I've recently taken up photography as a hobby because of the lockdown:

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    #1160
    glaswegian
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    3wayswitch wrote: »
    A few of my recent photos. Mostly taken in Dalkey and a few from my local park (Cabinteely Park). Sorry for the large amount of images, I've recently taken up photography as a hobby because of the lockdown:

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    Lovely pictures 3way, well caught.


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    #1161
    TedR
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    Good pics, fab heron close up, looks like something from Jurassic Park!


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    #1162
    3wayswitch
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    TedR wrote: »
    Good pics, fab heron close up, looks like something from Jurassic Park!

    Thanks man. I nearly got a great shot of him landing, but he landed a lot closer to me than expected and I wasn't able to zoom out in time. I would have loved to have gotten both wings in this shot:

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    #1163
    pottokblue
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    He's doing what I call the "batman pose" I saw a chillaxed comorant doing it this morning drying his wings along the canal


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    #1164
    3wayswitch
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    pottokblue wrote: »
    He's doing what I call the "batman pose" I saw a chillaxed comorant doing it this morning drying his wings along the canal

    I occasionally see them doing that down in Dun Laoghaire / Sandycove too, but I never seem to have my camera on me when they do. Hopefully this weekend I'll have better luck :)


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    #1165
    NEW WAVE
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    Female Chaffinch
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    #1166
    3wayswitch
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    Some pictures from my back garden:

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    #1168
    glaswegian
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    Mink at Loch Gill.


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    #1171
    Meteorite58
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    Juvenile Great Cormorant, Rock pipit and Light Bellied Brent Geese - part of a flock of a couple hundred I'd say ( I'm almost sure ) at Tralee Bay, Co. Kerry today.

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