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And what bird might this be?
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Apologies for my dire lack of bird knowledge. I travelled to a conservation area today and there were litterally thousands of Gulls, Pipers, Herons, Egrits out on this one small flooded area. Quite far out however, this little guy was walking back and forth, pausing and munching. I took a quick snap only because I couldn’t identify it. The picture itself is quite rubbish, the light was fading fast, the focal length was a bit too far for my lens. So there’s no detail. I’m quite pleased with the crop however, I think it shows quite nicely how this bird was hunting in relative isolation.
Aye. Love hearing them and seeing the fly. Best memory: seeing one being plucked by a Peregrine :D
That’s another nice shot Glenn. Maybe not a specimen shot, but certainly captures the
character of the subject. You’re making the most of those 400 millimetres. Well done.It would be good to see some of your other shots from the day, if this is one you weren’t totally satisfied with.
If I’m not mistaken these are also called Green Plovers?? Anyone to correct me?
My grandmother used to say that if you saw these flying inland you’d better batton down the hatches cause there’s a storm coming. The first time I noticed these coming inland preceeded the strongest recorded gust of wind in Ireland of 125mph from Rosslare! Another occasion saw incredible thunderstorms. There was an occasion one bad winter where they were so plentyful on the green in the centre of the housing estate I used to live in that young lads were catching them by throwing coats over them. Although I thought they were winter migratory birds? Weather like this and maybe they still are!
Alan.That’s interesting Alan. I’m off to look ’em up in Birds Britannica in case I can find more good stories
about them.Arent they called Pee-wits too, cos of the call they make? If you take a stone from a Lapwings nest and place it under the pillow of a sleeping person, they will reveal their innermost secrets….( I dont endorse this action by the way) :lol:
Noely F wrote:
If you take a stone from a Lapwings nest and place it under the pillow of a sleeping person, they will reveal their innermost secrets…
Witchcraft! Like you use for some of those macro shots of yours.
Thanks for the feedback folks, another bird added to my memory bank. Now I can recognise…. 8 different birds! Woo woo!
Pete, I’ll trawl through the shots I took and see if there were any others worth putting on here. I think I got a fairly decent shot of a Heron…
Thanks Noely! I’ll try out your voodoo later too, if I can persuade one of them to part with a rock. Let’s try it on Pete….
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