In Photos dot Org » Birds http://inphotos.org no photoshopped images here Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:21:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Eagle Owl is Watching http://inphotos.org/2011/06/08/eagle-owl-watching/ http://inphotos.org/2011/06/08/eagle-owl-watching/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:20:30 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5568

An eagle owl at Fota Wildlife Park watches us human visitors with careful, observant eyes.

Watching this bird and the others the trainers had was an awe inspiring experience. I’m glad I took my 75-300mm telephoto lens!

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2011/06/08/eagle-owl-watching/feed/ 1 The Wild Geese Family http://inphotos.org/2011/05/24/wild-geese-family/ http://inphotos.org/2011/05/24/wild-geese-family/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 16:19:14 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5561

The Goose Family of Fota Island Wildlife Park in Cork.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2011/05/24/wild-geese-family/feed/ 3 Seagull and the Boat http://inphotos.org/2009/12/30/seagull-boat/ http://inphotos.org/2009/12/30/seagull-boat/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:38:22 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5310

A seagull calmly swims by a small boat in Baltimore Harbour, County Cork.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2009/12/30/seagull-boat/feed/ 0 Watch out! Duck! I said, “duck!” http://inphotos.org/2009/11/04/watch-duck-duck/ http://inphotos.org/2009/11/04/watch-duck-duck/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:50:12 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5122 Watch out! Duck! I said, "duck"

Geese at The Lough feeding on the ground near the water’s edge. Most have their heads down pecking at scraps but one stubbornly kept a look out ..

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2009/11/04/watch-duck-duck/feed/ 3 Wait For Me! http://inphotos.org/2009/10/10/wait/ http://inphotos.org/2009/10/10/wait/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:14:14 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5038 Wait for me

A pigeon in Cork, somewhere.

I’m in Quebec. It’s raining a bit but hopefully I’ll get out this morning for a look around. Luggage still hasn’t arrived, but someone rang at 2am to say it would be delivered here. Yay.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2009/10/10/wait/feed/ 0 Keeping the Chicks Alive http://inphotos.org/2009/07/30/keeping-the-chicks-alive/ http://inphotos.org/2009/07/30/keeping-the-chicks-alive/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:25:33 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=4321 Keeping the Chicks Alive

2 chicks are fed by a parent just outside the window of my home office here in Blarney.

The chicks have been there all evening and I just looked out again and they’re still there. Unfortunately the neighbour’s cat, Patches, saw them too and is keeping a vigil close by. We saw the parent bird literally dive bomb the cat several times but Patches won’t be moved.

A moment before this shot was taken the first chick was fed. I have a photo of that too but I thought this was the better one.

Is it common for young birds to huddle together on a wire in the shelter of a house? It troubles me that they might be in danger or injured and can’t fly away. Anyone know?

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Gulls fight over a few crumbs of bread at the Lough in Cork. Taken during a photowalk there last year.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2009/07/04/the-gull-fight/feed/ 3 Heron Landing http://inphotos.org/2009/04/12/heron-landing/ http://inphotos.org/2009/04/12/heron-landing/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:01:34 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=3808 heron landing

Heron coming in to land on the Lough, Cork.

I’d love to have a big huge high quality zoom lens.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2009/04/12/heron-landing/feed/ 4 Kinsale at Night http://inphotos.org/2008/07/02/kinsale-at-night/ http://inphotos.org/2008/07/02/kinsale-at-night/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:38:30 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=2490

The quiet, residential part of Kinsale as photographed from the busy touristy part across the harbour! This was a long exposure shot that came out quite nicely but it did show up the dead pixels on my sensor again. Good thing I don’t have time to shoot many of these types of photos nowadays.

The fight against comment spammers never ends. This blog is listed on a few “do follow” listings and I caught someone this morning leaving a comment after they came here from a “site:inphotos.org” Google search. The comment is delinked but even if I hadn’t, his url still wouldn’t have shown because I only show it after a certain number of comments have been made. It’s my thank you to the regular commenters here. The pagerank you get from that link isn’t diluted by the spammers.

PS. Phil O’Kane will be in Cork next weekend from Friday to Sunday. I’ll be meeting him at Robodock at 3pm and hopefully before but maybe we can get a small photomeet together at some stage on Saturday or Sunday?

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2008/07/02/kinsale-at-night/feed/ 6 The birds of Schull http://inphotos.org/2008/05/09/the-birds-of-schull/ http://inphotos.org/2008/05/09/the-birds-of-schull/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 21:40:19 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=1932 birds of schull

Two seagulls wander into the water on the slip that serves the Bere Ferry in Schull Harbour.

Jacinta was the first to notice that actually, the Bere Ferry does not go from Schull. It lands at Castletownbere! Oops!

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