Sunday, 12 July 2009

Back with the Birds. (and Butterflies)

Over the past couple of days we have visited Marazion Marsh, Hayle Estuary, Swan Pool and Hell's Mouth and birds are still a bit thin on the ground. If you look at the last Egret shot you
can see the poor fish in his throat.
We think this is a Juvenile Robin, not quite sure about the white flash though.
According to the book these are Cinnabar caterpillars, wish we had taken a couple home to incubate into adults as we have yet to see a Cinnabar.
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24 comments:

  1. swopticsphoto12 July 2009 at 21:13

    Nice set of images as usual. Your insects and macro work is improving all of the time. The last chaser image is very good.

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  2. Pete Woodruff12 July 2009 at 21:35

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  3. Pete Woodruff12 July 2009 at 21:40

    'We think this is a juvenile Robin'

    I think its possibly a juvenile Redstart but......am I imagining things when I take its rump and tail to appear rufous-chestnut? Not much to seperate the two in your pic.

    Apologies the first post had some unacceptable errors in it.

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  4. Angie Moore12 July 2009 at 22:31

    Lovely shots John... as usual I would have gone for Juv. Stonechat - I must have a one track mind when it comes to Stonechat!!! :-)

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  5. holdingmoments13 July 2009 at 04:33

    Great capture of the fishing Egret, and how good to be able to see the Peregrine like that too.
    Great selection.

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  6. NatureStop13 July 2009 at 05:27

    Great selection!Really liked the fishing Egret.Butterflies are beautiful!

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  7. Elaine13 July 2009 at 07:17

    I love the Egret series! It's a lovely sequence of shots. I enjoyed the butterflies and dragonfly shots too. They are very different than I see here.

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  8. JRandSue13 July 2009 at 08:28

    Thank you all for your comments,the Butterflies insects chaser etc were taken by Sue with a Olympus E400 supported with a 300 lens. The bird Images were all Digiscoped by me.
    John.

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  9. Montanagirl13 July 2009 at 14:30

    Superb photos as always, but I especially like the Egret series. They are really a beautiful bird. I didn't see any on our trip to Reno this time. Great photography, guys!

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  10. Steve Lavington13 July 2009 at 20:20

    Great images! I would have said Stonechat for the young bird because of the flecks on the back and 'dirtier' looking front/flanks.

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  11. Sam and Lisa13 July 2009 at 21:32

    Great set of omages John and Sue. I know the Cinnabar Moth catapillar loves Ragwort.

    Funny how things work out, Ragwort used to be hated by Farmers now you see it everywhere.
    Sam

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  12. Sam and Lisa13 July 2009 at 21:33

    Sorry, images.
    Sam

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  13. Anonymous13 July 2009 at 22:10

    Excellent set of images, John. I also would`ve gone with Stonechat.

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  14. Unknown13 July 2009 at 23:05

    Great shots by a great duo working in tandem. Birds, butterflies or moths it is all top class

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  15. Madibirder14 July 2009 at 07:43

    Lovely series of photos of the egret. Fantastic macro shots of the butterflies, wonderful colours.
    madibirder

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  16. Ken.14 July 2009 at 14:54

    Hi JR and Sue. All I can say is another very nice selection of photo's

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  17. FAB14 July 2009 at 21:10

    Another very accomplished set of photos from you both. Cheers Frank.

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  18. Rajesh16 July 2009 at 10:09

    Amazing variety of birds and butterflies. I loved the design patterns and colors on the butterflies.

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  19. Bhavesh Chhatbar16 July 2009 at 10:28

    Wonderful photography!

    TV Tower on Sinhagad - Going Inside Clouds

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  20. ShySongbird17 July 2009 at 01:00

    A lovely set of photos. I don't think it's a juvenile Robin and I wondered about a juvenile Dunnock but I'm really not sure, a thoroughly enjoyable post though.

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  21. JRandSue17 July 2009 at 16:37

    Thanks everyone, the general consensus seems to be Juvenile Stonechat and we think, with that white bar, this is probably correct. Sue and John

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  22. Girl Tornado18 July 2009 at 22:14

    Wow, what great shots here. Love your bug shots especially. :)

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  23. Jordan Sitorus19 July 2009 at 14:02

    Excellent images..Best viewed large.

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  24. Kelly21 July 2009 at 07:03

    ...really nice fishing sequence. I'd love to be able to photograph something like that!! Cool...

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