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nOObirder: Birding in the UAE Part One - man it's hot!
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Birding, photography and random stuff. Saturday, 27 October 2012. Birding in the UAE Part One - man it's hot! It all began on Facebook, chatting with Chris, an old friend from way back in college at the poly in Oxford. A few seconds waiting for the chat box to fill with the reply - "Why don't you come and see us? OK I used poetic license there! It was more like I invited myself with a -. Do you have room for a pale, fat b*st*rd in your pool? I am sure we squeeze and extra one in" came the reply. So the 1...
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Drimnagh Birdwatch: 40 WAXWINGS, COOLEY ROAD, DRIMNAGH!
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012. 40 WAXWINGS, COOLEY ROAD, DRIMNAGH! YES, 40 WAXWINGS ON COOLEY ROAD, DRIMNAGH! Cycling to work this morning (crazy in this morning's frost, but there you go, I cycled carefully Mum) I was pootling along Cooley Road, when I heard a Mistle thrush going completely beserk in a tree to my right. I cycled over into the car park and stopped at the barrier to get a better look - the flock of birds were WAXWINGS! The Scandinavian/ Russian birds had made it to Cooley Road, so cool.
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Drimnagh Birdwatch: iwepts October 2012
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Monday, October 15, 2012. What time did you have your alarm set Saturday morning? 545am for me, crazy time to be getting up, crazy to be. Actually getting up I thought, (as I got up), but a 10.30am high tide meant we had to be at bull island for 7.20am. It was a cold morning. Jumping up and down cold, and it didn't warm up. I could hardly concentrate on my counts, Ger was banging his mitts together so much. Due to our extra early start we were all counted, finished and sat having our coffees by 9.30am.
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Drimnagh Birdwatch: gear
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If you're anything like me, you google reviews of most things before you buy them. So if this helps anyone, here's what I've bought and my opinions on how good they are for my birdwatching. The initial prices might seem quite steep, but if you think of the years of use you're going to get from your optics, it's well worth it. Opticron 8×42 Countryman BGA T PC WP. The best cheap water proof binoculars I could find. These binocs are excellent – images are sharp and the light is good. They're also great for...
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Drimnagh Birdwatch: Yorkshire Swifts
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012. I was at my other home over the weekend, Yorkshire home, not Dublin home - and noticed large numbers of Swifts still flying around. I was suprised, here in Dublin they usually leave before the House martins and Swallows, but in Yorkshire they're the last to leave. Other goings on included a Redkite swooping down onto our patio to take some food which had been left out for the farm cats. And a quite unusual leucistic Rook in Morrison's carpark in Harrogate. Tide times - Dublin.
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Drimnagh Birdwatch: ucd 2011
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This is my list of the different bird species I've managed to see around UCD since Jan 4th 2011:. Woods behind Vets bldg,UCD. Absolutely everywhere on campus. 2 Mute Swan -. Main Lake, where 2 nest every year. Mute Swan in front of O'Reilly Hall, UCD. Cygnet Mute Swan (1 of 6), Main lake, UCD. Highest seen = 6 on 18/01/2011, 4 female, 2 male - Secret lakes. Female Teal, UCD. I saw 6 Teal here, 18 Jan 2011. 4Mallard - Main lake and secret lakes (behind Conways). Female Mallard and chicks, Main lake, ucd.
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nOObirder: Birding in the UAE Part Two - I think my head has melted
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Birding, photography and random stuff. Sunday, 18 November 2012. Birding in the UAE Part Two - I think my head has melted. So after chillin' in Chris and Noreen's garden for the first day, getting several hours of very relaxed birding in and still managing 5 life ticks, I decided to head out into the urban environment of Jebel Ali, where I was staying in Dubai, to see what else would be kicking about. Jeez, its not that far! Grey Francolin ( Francolinus pondicerianus) aka the "suicide bird". Apparently i...
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Drimnagh Birdwatch: Oh so quiet
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Thursday, January 3, 2013. Lack of zoom lens = lack of blog posts around here eh, and that's how it's going to stay for a while I'm afraid. After Mike Conn gave a full refund on my broken Sigma 150-500 zoom lens, I put the money away safely and started looking for alternative lens options, which for the same price with the same reach, were non existent. And the money from my lens was gone. Without photos, I'd find the blog boring since I've always been more into images than writing. I'm also not going to...
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