Helpful Posts: I spent the afternoon at WWT Martin Mere a local nature reserve here in Lancashire last friday, so thought i would offer up here a few of the images taken,
All images taken with Canon 600d with 55-250mm f4-5.6 is in Aperture priority,
unfortunately i forgot to make a note of the names,
Thanks for looking
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8th October 2016, 05:12 PM #1
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8th October 2016, 05:16 PM #2
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Nice series.
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8th October 2016, 07:38 PM #3Moderator
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Good set James,
Regarding ID ...
#1 = Pochard
#2 = Goldeneye
#3 = Red Crested Pochard
#4 = Grey Crowned Crane and chick
#5 = unknown
Confirmed by book/internet, but couldn't find #5.
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8th October 2016, 09:24 PM #4
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Nice set...I nearly ask for IDs but Dave beat me as usual. That is very good anticipation. Scary to think that he can read my mind...YIKES!
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8th October 2016, 10:41 PM #5Moderator
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Yeah, but I couldn't find you in the "Where's Izzie" shot.
Originally Posted by IzzieK
Nice set...I nearly ask for IDs but Dave beat me as usual. That is very good anticipation. Scary to think that he can read my mind...YIKES!
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8th October 2016, 11:13 PM #6
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Hi Dave Originally Posted by Dave Humphries
thanks for finding the ID on these,will remember to take note pad next time,
have done a little searching and thanks to Wikipedia i found #5
The southern screamer (Chauna torquata), also known as the crested screamer, belongs to the order Anseriformes. It is found in southeastern Peru, northern Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina.[2] Its diet consists of plants stems, seeds, leaves, and, rarely, small animals.
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No wonder it wasn't in my UK birds book. Originally Posted by JemC
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9th October 2016, 11:10 AM #8
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Because I wasn't there. I was just teasing...LOL Originally Posted by Dave Humphries
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9th October 2016, 02:09 PM #9
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Excellent set
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9th October 2016, 02:30 PM #10
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Very nice. I like #'s 1 & 3.
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