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08-04-2007, 01:00 PM
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
Great wren, Beryl!
And thank you, Nightshade.
With reference to your G&T, I've now got an olive tree in my sun room, which is putting out masses of buds, and just bought a lemon tree which is looking very happy next to the olive.  So now I need a juniper....... 
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08-04-2007, 05:20 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somerset, UK
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We went to Cheddar Reservoire this morning and saw some Great Crested Grebe . The first time I saw these birds was in Germany and hadn't seen any since until today so it was a treat . Sorry the photo is a bit iffey, they were just floating out of my reach as I was trying desperately to focus! Haha. 
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08-04-2007, 06:01 PM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Exmouth Devon
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Thank you Badgerwatcher.
Naver mind Gainer thay are sitill lovely birds
Here is my bird for the day. A Heron standing on the wall where the Exmouth brook meets the Estuary  |
10-04-2007, 10:41 PM
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
> we would have had some excellent shots of the Tawnies.
I have pictures of very same birds taken in the last few days. Not up to digiscope standards with my amateur camera, but reasonable. Have just joined and can't submit pictures, so they are at http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~hancock/tawnyowl1.jpg http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~hancock/tawnyowl2.jpg
On Sunday, while taking the picture of the adult, I met a couple who had come all the way from Newcastle simply to see and photograph these owls. They had brought a rug and a picnic, and were making a day of it. |
10-04-2007, 11:26 PM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Exmouth Devon
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
Lovely Photos Ralph. Well done
Beryl |
10-04-2007, 11:32 PM
|  | Active Member | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Reading Berkshire
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
Nice photos Ralph.
You can use an inline image link by typing
[ img]http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~hancock/tawnyowl1.jpg[ /img]
Remove the spaces between the first brackets and the letters img and /img to make it work like below.  |
10-04-2007, 11:46 PM
| | Active Member | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Exmouth Devon
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
My bird for the day is (I think ) a buzzard
flying high over Exmouth .  |
11-04-2007, 07:08 AM
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
Definitely not a Buzzard Beryl- that's an Accipiter! Goshawk is Buzzard sized, but photo looks more like a Sparrowhawk to me-probably a large female- difficult to gauge size on these pictures, but shape looks better for latter species. |
11-04-2007, 09:49 AM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: East Kent
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Oh, how can you tell? I get so frustrated with trying to I.D. things!!!! 
Break it down for me, Aeshna, please?
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11-04-2007, 10:19 AM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pork Pie Town, Leicestershire
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| | | Re: Bird of the day!
this site (below) has a few Buzzard pictures.
You can also back track and find Sparrowhawks.
Buzzards leading edge wing tips are usually seen protruding in front of the birds head.
Sparrowhawks have a different shape.
It is really all down to experience with birds in flight, something that you just have to get out and do for yourself, and not really any short cuts.
Hope it helps a little BW? BirdGuides Picture Page
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