Pic(s) you took today - an open thread

[gramps]

No! Not a 100%, I thought it was a bit too small for a rat!. So do you think it's a rat?

It looks like a young Rat to me but of course I see it out of context for size etc.

 

[gogleddwr]

Yellowhammer, large crop and against a cloudy sky, which I'd been trying to get for weeks.!

Howard

 

[Clive K]

No! Not a 100%, I thought it was a bit too small for a rat!. So do you think it's a rat?



We've decided to remove all the bird feeders in the hope that the mice/rats go away. It's a great shame as we enjoyed watching the birds, and my wife had got particularly fond of a robin which comes!!

Thanks for all the responses.

Howard

It is a rat. If you look online you can find traps that are contained inside a box so they are out of sight and safe from cats, kids and other creatures. Put one of those out permanently if you continue to feed the birds.

 

[Carpy2001]

Came back again today, despite the dog trying to get at it eveytime it see's it. Plus focus is slightly off, more toward the middle and rear than on the head.

 

[boliston]

Bristol Harbour Festival - They had a security check to get into the Amphitheatre stage area and the guard said 'sorry you cannot take that camera in' - I said 'it's definitely not a professional camera so surely ok?' then his colleague came and looked at my camera (a Canon 1Ds) and said 'has it got a removable lens?' and I said 'no it's fixed' and he looked more closely and said 'so it can't be removed?' - I said 'no - it's a fixed 28mm' and he then waved me in. I have never actually removed the lens and it's the only lens I own so there is some truth in the 'fixed' claim luckily

 

[Pork]

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View: https://flic.kr/p/2q5g3Xe

 

[justpix]

It looks like a young Rat to me but of course I see it out of context for size etc.

Hi, I had these wood-mice as guests in my garden, too. :

 

[justpix]

Hi, I went to Bingen/D today. - Across the river Nahe:






The Nahe/Rhein estuary :





On the Rhein ... :






... below the Niederwald-Monument :






Bingen :










The poet Stefan George was born and lived here ... :

 

[hunnymonster]

 

[justpix]

Hi, I really went to Bingen/D to take pics of a vintage vehicle meeting ... :


























Around 11.00 a.m. it got too hot and crowded, so I had an early lunch :

 

[rpn]

Field of Red Poppies by Stan, on Flickr

 

[Brownie127]

1938 Austin and a 1936 Daimler seen today on my dog walk through the park.

 

[Crotal Bell]

Todays walkies.
Too fast and too close to get everything right on the KIte, and the light slightly wrong, but I had a run at it.

 

[Carpy2001]

The Three Amigo's

 

[Rincewind]

one quick snap from today one of my ladies Glads has opened so a 'snap' for her to do her botanical painting from

 

[justpix]

Hi, the male squirrel came to my feeder :














But then a dog barked in the neighbourhood, and my dog replied :






And the squirrel disappeared ... :

 

[G.K.Jnr.]

"Coffee Alone"

Coffee Alone-03898ip by G.K.Jnr., on Flickr

 

[Pork]

Up at 4AM to catch the sunrise at 5.15AM zzzz

Sedge warbler singing at sunrise. by Paul Bullen Wildlife, on Flickr

 

[Crotal Bell]

"It's that fat bloke in his garden with his camera again. Oooh he's taking my photo.....cheeeeese"

 

[justpix]

Hi, visiting my feeder - a blackbird couple :






He is graying a little (like yours truly) :






A squirrel posing for tp :

 

[Brownie127]

 

[G.K.Jnr.]

"Jilted"

Jilted-03899ip by G.K.Jnr., on Flickr

 

[Crotal Bell]

No1 Heading out
Nos 2&3 Travelling home
Last one is an often taken scene, but never before with the crop dried out, pale and looking ready for harvest.

 

[swanseamale47]

One from this evening. 6d2 50mm

 

[justpix]

Hi, a great tit with leucism ... :

 

[gogleddwr]

From this morning's amble

green veined white



gatekeeper



bird's trefoil




Howard

 

[gogleddwr]

Thank you all for your replies re: my garden rat!

I have now removed the bird feeders from the garden and there have been no further sightings of it. However, my wife still feeds "her" robin

This is not taken today!!!



and a visiting sparrow



Howard

 

[gogleddwr]

No1 Heading out
Nos 2&3 Travelling home
Last one is an often taken scene, but never before with the crop dried out, pale and looking ready for harvest.
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Hi Keith, some weeks ago you posted a similar image and wondered where it was (am I correct?), did you find out and what the building on the hill is. From my years in Bedfordshire I can't remember such a building.

Howard

 

[Carpy2001]

First a peanut stand off, then 2 pictures of a new visitor we have called "Arfur" for obvious reasons lol.

 

[Pork]

5.03Am

Barn owl by Paul Bullen Wildlife, on Flickr

 

[Crotal Bell]

Hi Keith, some weeks ago you posted a similar image and wondered where it was (am I correct?), did you find out and what the building on the hill is. From my years in Bedfordshire I can't remember such a building.

Howard

Hi Howard
I was on the roof of my office on Manton Lane a couple of weeks back and it may well that building, I can clearly make out where I'm taking he photos from on the other side of the valley. Looking behind, I cant see how any other building can sit higher on the skyline. The problem is, the areas to the left and right of our office don't look right from the photos. It's very possible it's further back on the hill behind Mowsbury Golf Club leading out to the water tower, I need to drive out there and have a look.

 

[Crotal Bell]

Needed to stretch my legs this afternoon.

 

[justpix]

Hi, shopping at ALDI's (OLYMPUS PEN Ep-1 - Panasonic 1,7/20):






Food for the birds and squirrels at the pet shop :






Weeding :

 

[Carpy2001]

A new visitor today

 

[Rincewind]

One from todays bimble in the forest around lac Montbel, Ariege, S. France Scarce Swallowtail, Iphiclides podalirius.

 

[Rincewind]

Needed to stretch my legs this afternoon.
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very nice set, some cracking images there of fab insects.

 

[gramps]

Best Bagel by Bristol Streets, on Flickr

 

[G.K.Jnr.]

"Wet Feet"

Wet Feet-03900ip by G.K.Jnr., on Flickr

 

[BillN_33]

leica Q 28mm - big crop - f2

 

[BillN_33]

One from todays bimble in the forest around lac Montbel, Ariege, S. France Scarce Swallowtail, Iphiclides podalirius.

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good capture Mark