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angie

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Re: Wildlife September - November 2012
« Reply #255 on: November 23, 2012, 10:35:49 AM »
Quote from: Anthony Darby on November 22, 2012, 07:35:09 PM
Summer here. It was still 21oC at 7 p.m. yesterday. Almost too hot during the day! 8)

SO soooooooooo jealous.

Angie  :)
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Re: Wildlife September - November 2012
« Reply #256 on: November 23, 2012, 10:58:51 AM »
Forecast of 29 tomorrow then 32'C here on Sunday.  Next Friday they're forecasting 35'C at this stage (whether that happens remains to be seen of course).
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Anthony Darby

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Re: Wildlife September - November 2012
« Reply #257 on: November 24, 2012, 07:20:11 AM »
That's seriously hot Paul. We had 21oC and a barbecue tea today. 8)
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Re: Wildlife September - November 2012
« Reply #258 on: December 02, 2012, 05:33:13 PM »
Finally got to see some Waxwings ..
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Re: Wildlife September - November 2012
« Reply #259 on: December 02, 2012, 06:25:52 PM »
Mark,
excellent photo - I've only once seen Waxwings some 40 years ago. They ate up not fallen off seed of Acer platanoides.
And it was one of the snowier winters I remember. Usually they don't range here.
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Re: Wildlife September - November 2012
« Reply #260 on: December 02, 2012, 06:31:46 PM »
Mark:

If that's the new camera I think you've mastered it.
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Re: Wildlife September - November 2012
« Reply #261 on: December 02, 2012, 07:07:20 PM »
Cracking image Mark, you've really got the hang of it now.
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Re: Wildlife September - November 2012
« Reply #262 on: December 02, 2012, 08:01:47 PM »
Armin are these birds not found in Germany?

Arnold and David you didnt hear me swearing this afternoon. Ruined 20 shots of the closest birds
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Re: Wildlife September - November 2012
« Reply #263 on: December 03, 2012, 08:06:35 AM »
Waxwings are not native in Germany, single swarms from the north-scandinavian countries range from time to time in winter.
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Re: Wildlife September - November 2012
« Reply #264 on: December 03, 2012, 09:03:26 AM »
WE dont have them either as a native bird but there is a large invasion in to N Ireland just now with them in most large town. They have reached Cork already
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Re: Wildlife September - November 2012
« Reply #265 on: December 03, 2012, 09:51:54 AM »
For some reason Waxwings passed quickly through this area this year despite the fact there are masses of berries left..
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Re: Wildlife September - November 2012
« Reply #266 on: December 03, 2012, 11:08:17 AM »
Lovely closeup Mark of the waxwing - never seen anything like it here.
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Re: Wildlife September - November 2012
« Reply #267 on: December 03, 2012, 10:44:13 PM »
No waxwings here but I can't get rid of this fellow and as you see he/she had an early breakfast.

Angie  :)
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Re: Wildlife September - November 2012
« Reply #268 on: December 03, 2012, 10:54:43 PM »
I hope that's not the remains of one of your koi Angie, it could prove expensive.

Mark, that's a great waxwing picture, it just shows what a little practice with the new camera can do.  ;)

We had a large (200+) flock of waxwings near here recently. I was shown some good photos of them, given precise directions as to where they were - just outside Toys R'Us at the Metrocentre shopping centre actually. "There were 200 there two days ago, at least fifty yesterday" - by the time I got there: none  :-\
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Re: Wildlife September - November 2012
« Reply #269 on: December 04, 2012, 04:13:35 AM »
I wouldn't have thought a heron attack would leave any evidence at all? Don't they just swallow whole, or is there more to it?
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