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« Reply #16485 on: February 08, 2012, 07:46:35 PM »

I think the others are readhead ducks.


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« Reply #16486 on: February 08, 2012, 07:47:53 PM »

Geo, I believe a lot of twitchers use compact cameras to take a picture through the telescope..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afocal_photography

I thought that at first mate but none of them seemed to do that. There was one guy who seemed to be scanning for most of the others and giving some sort of commentary

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« Reply #16487 on: February 08, 2012, 07:48:55 PM »



Fantastic pics Geo.

I think the little brown bird is a dunnock.  (Since you didn't know what it was, it must be a dunnock hen  )



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« Reply #16488 on: February 08, 2012, 07:51:26 PM »

I think the others are readhead ducks.


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I had a quick look up earlier and found those you posted, however the ones in my pics seem to be tan breasted and some have quite a bit of tan on the heads also.

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« Reply #16489 on: February 08, 2012, 08:06:58 PM »

Today was my first real day of actually going out and about with the new camera. I had headed to Musselburgh as there is an area there that is supposed to be a haven for birds.

http://www.andrewsi.freeserve.co.uk/birding-musselburgh.htm

Levenhall has a couple of large Ash lagoons (ash deposited there from the nearby power station has created this.) What the brochure doesn't tell you is that you can't get that close as it's fenced off as a bird sanctuary and without some hefty equipment impossible to get decent shots.

I decided to have a play about with different scene settings. This was a whelk I found on top of the sea wall, by the feel of it, recently had the contents removed by some bird or other. I decided to try the macro setting for close ups.

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Had a really good day out as I was walking again and covered a few miles even with taking all the pics. I took about 300 all told but have binned the crap. Tomorrow I'm going to start early and walk from Gypsy Brae on the coast at Granton along to Cramond and then pick up the Water O' Leith pathway up to Colinton nearby where I live. As a normal touristy walk that would probably take me a good 5 hours so god knows how long it will be tomorrow as I search for interesting things to take pics of.

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« Reply #16490 on: February 08, 2012, 08:24:18 PM »

Excellent plan Geo. It's the most fun you can have with your clothes on.


I've been playing around with various scene modes and then reviewing what the pre-sets actually do by looking at this info that seems to be automatically attached to each picture.





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« Reply #16491 on: February 08, 2012, 08:29:39 PM »

I  took this snap of the worlds most disgruntled winter pansy.

If tikay were a flower.....


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« Reply #16492 on: February 08, 2012, 08:38:09 PM »

I  took this snap of the worlds most disgruntled winter pansy.

If tikay were a flower.....


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« Reply #16493 on: February 08, 2012, 08:44:45 PM »

Took a walk along the coast today, down Musselburgh way. There were a gathering of "birders" or "twitchers" there, all tooled up with huge telescopes on tripods and seemed to be excited about this group sitting out in the Forth.

I was surprised that few of them actually had cameras just the scopes or high powered binos. Would've thought if I was getting excited about something I'd want to keep some sort of pictorial record.

This is as good as I could get as they were a bit out, any ideas?

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Google and the rspb bird identifier suggest the Pochard Geo. Rare to have them breedin here, there's a lot winter here from Russia, most common on the East Coast.



If there was  a Red-Crested pochard among them that would explain the twitchers:

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/redcrestedpochard/index.aspx


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« Reply #16494 on: February 08, 2012, 08:48:44 PM »

There's also widgeon in there:

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« Reply #16495 on: February 08, 2012, 08:51:05 PM »

While you are here Ralph. The place is right beside the racecourse. I walked back across the course and they were doing some maintenance. I went over for a closer look at the make up of the fences and was shocked to see how sharp the "brush" seems to be. Does this not damage the underside of the horse?

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« Reply #16496 on: February 08, 2012, 08:52:31 PM »

Took a walk along the coast today, down Musselburgh way. There were a gathering of "birders" or "twitchers" there, all tooled up with huge telescopes on tripods and seemed to be excited about this group sitting out in the Forth.

I was surprised that few of them actually had cameras just the scopes or high powered binos. Would've thought if I was getting excited about something I'd want to keep some sort of pictorial record.

This is as good as I could get as they were a bit out, any ideas?

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Google and the rspb bird identifier suggest the Pochard Geo. Rare to have them breedin here, there's a lot winter here from Russia, most common on the East Coast.



If there was  a Red-Crested pochard among them that would explain the twitchers:

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/redcrestedpochard/index.aspx




Thanks Rod, reliable as ever on these things. Fine looking birds.

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« Reply #16497 on: February 08, 2012, 09:44:36 PM »

While you are here Ralph. The place is right beside the racecourse. I walked back across the course and they were doing some maintenance. I went over for a closer look at the make up of the fences and was shocked to see how sharp the "brush" seems to be. Does this not damage the underside of the horse?

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Those are fences as used in steeplechases Geo which are supposed to represent hedges usually constructed from birch and really do take some jumping. Horses' undersides are actually quite hardy and I've never heard of a racehorse being injured by birch scratches incurred while jumping. I believe Musselbugh uses portable fences which are wheeled into position as opposed to hardcore steeplechasing courses which have their fences as permanent fixtures.

Hurdles on the other hand  are not nearly as substantial(more like wicker fences), and are far more forgiving. The horses which run in hurdle races go a fair bit faster too as the hurdles are considerably lower.
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« Reply #16498 on: February 08, 2012, 10:05:47 PM »

While you are here Ralph. The place is right beside the racecourse. I walked back across the course and they were doing some maintenance. I went over for a closer look at the make up of the fences and was shocked to see how sharp the "brush" seems to be. Does this not damage the underside of the horse?

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Those are fences as used in steeplechases Geo which are supposed to represent hedges usually constructed from birch and really do take some jumping. Horses' undersides are actually quite hardy and I've never heard of a racehorse being injured by birch scratches incurred while jumping. I believe Musselbugh uses portable fences which are wheeled into position as opposed to hardcore steeplechasing courses which have their fences as permanent fixtures.

Hurdles on the other hand  are not nearly as substantial(more like wicker fences), and are far more forgiving. The horses which run in hurdle races go a fair bit faster too as the hurdles are considerably lower.

Thanks Ralph,

yeah the hurdles are set up next to these. There is also a nine hole course in the middle (seemingly officialy recognised as the oldest golf course in the world), I believe there are a few racecourses around the country that have them.

http://www.musselburgholdlinks.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=16

I've played it a couple of times when first teaching my youngest lad. That was a few years back and then it was merely a starters box so was quite surprised to see a bright new pavilion there, surprised as it's only a nine holer and is council run so don't know where the money has come from.

Old starters hut:

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New Pavilion:

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From the 1st tee - over the racecourse boundary fences:

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« Reply #16499 on: February 08, 2012, 10:18:40 PM »

One thing I forgot to add about the horses jumping those birch fences not injuring their undersides.

They are all geldings Wink
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