Dick Smith Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Mr or Mrs Larf, that is a wonderful picture. Just how big are the cat's cohones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Dago, like you I tend to snap everything that moves! Your last pic is not a Hummingbird hawk moth; this is:[IMG]http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i26/cassiscassis/misc/hummingbirdhawkmoth2.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Not sure that you are allowed to 'point and expose' me awd Saus. But I agree that yours is the humming bird hawk moth. I have been trying to get a good still shot of one for ages. I have a fair amount of video of several and they are wonderful.I think the blue butterfly is a blue adonis. I have one as my desktop on our laptop PC. Butterflys and moths are wonderful. Pine processionary moths apart and they are fair game!!!I think that the toad is a Mr toad with the eggs on his back. Typical dad, looking after the family again [Www]... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 A bigger bird...[IMG]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f338/dick_at_aulton/CarshaltonJune0614.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Dago, Top to bottom...... Midwife toad, Marbled Newt, Common Blue (I think), and some sort of Skipper, possibly small skipper.Nice photos, are they in your garden?Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 The Toad was outside our front door one night, Marbled newt was on the neighbour's wall, Common blue were on a patch of sand by the local plan d'eau and the skipper was on a friends lavender. Thanks Chris for identifying them, does the Midwife toad make a regular beeping sound? Only we found it after searching around for the source of said noise.best regardsDave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Poooop....poooop..........................poooop.....poooop.......You were lucky to find it, the sound carries a long way on a quiet night, 500 metres or more and they are often in deep grass, open woodland or similar, and unlike most amphibians they don't go to the water to mate, so only the male only goes to the water to moisten the eggs every day, until one day when he does this they hatch directly into the water.Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Thanks Chris, funny thing was, the first time my brother-in-law stayed he got up in the morning and told me that I had a problem with my electrics because he could hear this noise through the night, that was why the next night we had to go a hunting..[:D]best regardsdago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furry Knickers Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 This is me favourite bird in the whole wild world![IMG]http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/Furryknickers/Humming20bird20on20finger.jpg[/IMG]I love Robin's too though! There is just something about birds with that bit of red in their plumage! [kiss] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Lovely little bird FN. How's about a bit red in the fur? It's one of our pines about 20 feet from our back bedroom window.[IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Redsquiggles29cropped.jpg[/IMG]We had a family of 4 when the little ones appeared. They use the house like just another tree because of the rough crepi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 These are at a food fair in Wales. the arm seen is my eldest daughter.JJ, fabulous arrows pic, you must be really proud of that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Thanks Steve, proud that I was so lucky that time!!Lovely shot of the birds. I once had to turn 5 dozen eggs for the Falconary Centre in Newent. Right from Kestrels up to Golden Eagle. Now I know why the Golden Eagle has such an evil eye. I would if I had laid one of those! I have a photo of them somewhere.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJay Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Took this quick, when it was on the base of our bird table. [IMG]http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c377/DoreenJames/ProfessorYaffle.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Steve, I used to have an owl just like that. I called him Dennis. A truly lovely bird, he'd been injured in a car crash and so I had to keep him in a cage because he wouldn't have been able to look after himself. A real privilege.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Are there any bug experts on here that identify any of these. They were collected during a ride last summer.[IMG]http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p211/Bugbear2/SummmerFun.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 I would definately say they're buggered [Www][:$]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 The guy on the bike in front of you must have had a helluva fright...[IMG]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f338/dick_at_aulton/CarsJun06009.jpg[/IMG]This little creature is one of millions which infest our local park. They are so tame now that they jump into your lap... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 [IMG]http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q296/clair46/prayingmantis.jpg[/IMG]taken a few weeks ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Dick, that's a grey squiggle. For crying out loud don't bring any over here!!![:-))] They are slowly creaping up this way from Italy and the longer they take the better. The kind person wot bought them into the U.K. from the States must be about as popular as the bloke wot bought the phyloxia vines into France!The red squiggle is the only native here and the U.K. and that is how it should continue.Lovely photo though.Lovely photo too Clair. It looks a biggie. I once saw my mate get his finger sliced open by a biggie. Mind you he deserved it, he was winding the poor thing up. I didn't 'arf laugh!! Those front toe nails are as sharp as razors, I kid you not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 More insects - they are much more numerous than anything else, after all![IMG]http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i26/cassiscassis/redadmiral-a.jpg[/IMG]Red Admiral and a Peacock.[IMG]http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i26/cassiscassis/peacock.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 And finally (I'm going to eat now) this used to be my avatar here.[IMG]http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i26/cassiscassis/swallowtail4.jpg[/IMG]Not really me, is it? Plus it makes it even more likely I would be taken for a lass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 I took this photo in Laos in Dec. 2004.[IMG]http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r116/Missyesbut/Thailand2004part2023.jpg[/IMG]The whole thing was about 2 and 1/2 feet tall by 2 ft in diameter, perched in the tree some 8 feet above my head. It looked abandonned as no bees were flying around. Certaintly evidence (the string to tie up branches) that humans would have 'set up' the site, for bees to settle and prosper, so they could collect the honey.... I was amazed that such a tiny creature can build such a big structure .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Look what I saw this afternoon while driving along between Saint Maixent and Parthenay, just shows it's always good to have the camera... [IMG]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a269/lavande/Pic349.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a269/lavande/Pic350.jpg[/IMG] They must have been enjoying a bit of sunshine, but seemed quite used to traffic and didn't bother at all about a car drawing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Christine, were they in some sort of enclosure? P.S. I don't know if you saw my last post regarding Mappy, but I hope Beanz is OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 No, they're in a forest WJT, but it's fenced along the road.Beanz is fine thanks, couldn't have found a nicer person to take care of him, will post about him tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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