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Category: Birds
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Met a couple of parakeets while wandering the canal up near Apperley Bridge today. There were a few more regular ornithological residents of the area too: Also encountered this chap who was watching the ducks with profound interest until I reminded him he couldn’t swim.
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I just want to know what exactly he’s got in his beak…
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Some of my favourite bird shots from Victoria Park in Belfast.
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I think these are gannets. Although I didn’t know this until I came home and checked, so apologies if you’re the man with the dog who asked me if they were seagulls. The best answer I could do you at the time was the one you got – “pretty sure no, but I don’t know…
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(Little bit of post processing through the Hipstamatic app, using the Tejas lens, Gotland film & Triple Crown flash.)