As most of you know I went to Dublin this week for a
day and walked through Phoenix Park where I found a small lake. These are the birds found on the lake and around
the grounds. Magpie, Jackdaw, Hooded
Crow all had young although it was difficult to tell the
different between them as they were the same size and looked very similar. I wonder will you be able to see the
difference?
Also other birds, like the Black
headed gull and Mallard were already starting to moult.
Tufted
duck
Black
headed gull
Mallard
Little
Grebe
Mute
Swan
Mallard
Wood
Pigeon
Magpie
Jackdaw
There were a lot feeding their young but didn't get a shot of this.
Hooded
Crow
The young one is far right in this shot.
Mute
Swan and Coot.
There were also Moorhen on the lake.
Now
this was a very odd looking bird!
Hooded
Crow
Magpie
The one far left is the young one.
Blackbird
-male
Grey
Wagtail
There were 2 Grey Wagtails and these shots look more like paintings than photographs, in fact I like them but they wouldn't win a photos competition!
Hooded
Crow
the one nearest the bin is the young crow.
Blackbird -female
I hope you enjoyed seeing the birds in Phoenix Park and next Thursday I will show you what the rest of the park looked like.
i am linking this post with Eileen's meme
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Have a safe and happy weekend
Beautiful spot, glorious birds. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteOh, you posted varieties of birdies today♡♡♡ It is funny that in Japan Crows are thought to be bad guys as they mess the garbage station etc. But your Crows in your pictures are lovely and cute :-)
ReplyDeleteWishing you will have a wonderful weekend.
Sending you Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan, xoxo Miyako*
This park seems to be a Paradise for birds! Great shots!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful birds of great variety.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful park . . . with "critters" large, small, singles . . . pairs!
ReplyDeleteWOW! You certainly saw LOTS of birds at that park!
ReplyDeleteMargaret, this park is great for bird watching.. I love the hooded crows and the magpies. And the swans are beautiful and Little Grebe is cute! Great photos! Thank you for linking up to my critter party! Enjoy your weekend!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful variety of bird shots!
ReplyDeleteWonderful variety of birds. Loved seeing the magpie family.
ReplyDeleteyour corvids fascinate me!
ReplyDeleteThanks for showing us your bad boys Margaret. It looks a lovely park and it's always good to see and hear Grey Wagtails flitting about.
ReplyDeleteWonderful birds and great shots. The two images with the Wagtail look almost like watercolors---and you just might win a prize with them. I love seeing the babies---they are usually larger than the parents. MB
ReplyDeleteUgly birds?
ReplyDeleteThe crows must feel very sad if they know that.
But I won't tell.
Such a lovely, restful spot and beautiful bird captures :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images as always Margaret! Really like those swans.
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Enjoying your bird shots, Margaret. Wonderful varieties.
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Superb view of Ireland birds, my fave is the three Hooded Crows, fantastic.
ReplyDeleteYour blog is amazing.Photos are very great.
ReplyDeleteYour bird shots are so beautiful. I have always loved the blackbirds and I miss their beautiful song, since we don't have them here in Northern California. I just came back from a trip to Europe (my real home) and saw many magpies in England as well as the hooded crows.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to 'hop over to Dublin' ~ and find such great birds and capture them so wonderfully ~ thanks, ^_^
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The birds are gorgeous Margaret! Great shots!
ReplyDeleteI love the black headed gulls! And the Jackdaw, which is an interesting bird to me. The hooded crows are interesting, too. They look quite bossy, like the gangsters of the group.
ReplyDeleteLovely selection from the park.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great park for the birds. It's fun watching the babies beg for food even if they're perfectly capable of finding food themselves.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos, I'm surprised that there are Hooded Crows in Ireland, know them only from Eastern European countries and Scandinavia.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful lake, and such an amazing variety of birds! I love seeing so many different ones all in one place, especially with their young! Love them all!
ReplyDeleteWonderful Margaret!!!
ReplyDeleteEach and every photo share!!!
What a great variety you have here. I love the corvids, especially the striking magpie.
ReplyDeleteA plentiful park with lots of delights. Really beaut to see them Margaret, thank you :D)
ReplyDeleteGreat series beautiful birds ! Have a good weekend
ReplyDeleteNice pictures, the magpie is soo pretty!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful birding spot! A beautiful entry for Saturday critters!!
ReplyDeleteso many fine birds in your area :)
ReplyDeleteGreat variety of birds! I wouldn't have been able to tell any of the little ones from parents without your help, that's for sure. I need a good birding teacher like you in my real life. I have taken some magpie pictures here in Alaska ... someday I will get them posted.
ReplyDeleteNow, thats a set of birds I have not seen in a while.
ReplyDelete"One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl" or so my mum would have said.
Sorry for slow reply - I having a busy couple of weeks!
Stewart M
Margaret, what a wide variety of birds you have here! I recognize some of them, but not others. I had no idea that you had magpies over there. the hooded crow is interesting and I am surprised by the pale eye on the jackdaw! I like the painting like aspect of those couple of shots as well.
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