What's Buzzing or Flying near you today.... 2014

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  1. Trunky

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    Saw this little fellow enjoying himself among the Pussy Willow flowers today.

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        I put it on the Honey Bee Thread, Spruce:snork:, is that the right thread???:scratch::snork:
         
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          I saw a bird yesterday and was wondering what it was. It didn't fly directly overhead so I couldn't see it properly and was about 100ft up.

          It appeared to be about the size of a buzzard and glided along with wings fully outstretched. Although I wasn't sure, it appeared as if the wing tips folded upwards.

          What made me notice it was the sound it was making. It made a call approx. every five seconds and it was a single, drawn out, sound that lasted about two seconds. Not the sharp type of sound a seagull makes that stops abruptly. It was loud and almost a plaintive sort of sound.
           
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            Shiney that might have been me I was trying to attract your attention:lunapic 130165696578242 5:
             
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              No, I would have recognised your voice. You'd have said 'you twit it's woo'! :lunapic 130165696578242 5:
               
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                Shiney :lunapic 130165696578242 5::lunapic 130165696578242 5::lunapic 130165696578242 5:
                 
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                  A Peregrine Falcon perhaps Shiney.
                   
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                    :loll::loll::loll:...Brilliant Shiney....
                     
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                      @Sheal
                      Thanks, but it wasn't a Peregrine. I've just listened to its call and it's not at all similar. Although its call is stretched out it is quite strident and sharp, and repeated fairly quickly. Whereas, the bird I saw had a loud but quite gentle sound and repeated about every five seconds.

                      The Peregrine's wings are a lot more pointed than the bird I saw, whose wings were thicker at the end. Very much like a buzzard, but I wasn't able to tell whether the wing tips were splayed out.

                      Of course, it could have been a buzzard but I've never seen any in this area.
                       
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                        Peacock Butterfly

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                          looks great Woo , I have seen quite a few this year already
                           
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                            Good evening Spruce and thank you my friend,just testing the 70 x 300 lens out this was taken at about 10 feet away,its the first one I seen here this year:)
                             
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                              Was thinking what can i have for dinner, but i couldn't

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                                Just lazing in the sun

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                                Some sort of small mammal I think, it was making a mess anyway.

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