I saw a thing in the garden (1 Viewer)

[magicbastarder]

There was a mad looking bird flying around in woods over in Castlemartyr. If I'd been in the US I'd have just said woodpecker and carried on. But I don't know if they're around. (American?) woodpeckers have this distinctive flying style, glide then swoop up and stall just as they're about to land on the tree trunk. He was up to that sort of craic.
Credit where it's due, there's a bit of an effort going on over in Castlemartyr with native tree replanting. It's already attracting interesting things.

a jay?

Jay - BirdWatch Ireland

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a jay?

Jay - BirdWatch Ireland

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Oh... maybe? I've seen jays around Dublin. Fairly ballsy, bold fellas over there.

He did a couple of squawks, and then I guess it was the way he lurking around shooting latching onto tree trunk to tree truck which made me notice him. It was hard to actually see what they looked like because he'd be right on the trunk and promptly vanishing. Then he'd pop out somewhere else, do a swoop and land straight on the trunk the way woodpeckers do, and vanish again.


But it was the behaviour that was weird I suppose, rather than the bird, which I wasn't able to get a good look at. There's an awful lot of foliage I'm noticing in Irish for forest in the winter, compared to the US.

 

[magicbastarder]

could easily have been a woodpecker too. they arrived back here about 15 years ago.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

could easily have been a woodpecker too. they arrived back here about 15 years ago.

I’m not sure what the distribution of them is like. They were only on the east coast at first but hopefully they’ve spread further now.

 

[seanc]

Not my garden, but in the local park, I saw a kingfisher.

It's been there for years, seen it a few times. It's quite comfortable and confident and doesn't mind us humans gawking at it.

What amazes me is that to the human eye it's so striking, colourful and lovely looking. Yet, try to take a picture, no chance.

 

[seanc]

Not my garden, but in the local park, I saw a kingfisher.

It's been there for years, seen it a few times. It's quite comfortable and confident and doesn't mind us humans gawking at it.

What amazes me is that to the human eye it's so striking, colourful and lovely looking. Yet, try to take a picture, no chance.

 

[ann post]

theres some lad on instagram with rediculous kingfisher pics recently. he must be a fish or somehting

 

[magicbastarder]

the frog chorus has started this evening.
and the hedgehog seems determined to get herself trapped in the outdoor loo. not in the toilet bowl, just in the WC.

 

[ann post]

theres some lad on instagram with rediculous kingfisher pics recently. he must be a fish or somehting

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[magicbastarder]

loads of activity in the pond this morning.

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