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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2011, 12:38:38 PM »
Wildlife on a summer's day in a Scottish garden...
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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2011, 08:55:04 PM »
Fight!
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but after 4 hours they are happy to sit side by side on the nest hollow.
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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #17 on: July 18, 2011, 12:52:17 PM »
Are you sure they're fighting, Mark?
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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #18 on: July 18, 2011, 04:17:18 PM »
Mark I bet that's the male bullying the poor female :o ;D

Today after all the heavy rain in the morning I went down to where the nest was and no sign of the babies, heart sank, they have gone again like last year but to my suprise sitting beside my pond there they were, so I am so happy. hope one doesn't fall in the water and drown. See how I worry, god knows what I would have been like if I had had children of my own to worry about.

First picture I thought only four had made it but no one was sitting all by himself, so the five have made it so far.

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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #19 on: July 18, 2011, 04:41:43 PM »
Today in the rain this poor wasp was getting a bit wet. I thought the bumps were water drops on his eyes  ::) but after looking closely it wasnt water drops.

Angie :)
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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #20 on: July 18, 2011, 04:48:29 PM »
He's not a wasp, Angela... I think he's a hover fly of some sort. A good guy!
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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #21 on: July 18, 2011, 05:25:09 PM »
Anne definitely a fight with raised wings and talons grabbing at what ever they can reach

Yes it's a hoverfly - a wasp mimic - but what's on it's thorax/back?
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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #22 on: July 18, 2011, 05:38:36 PM »
Ewwwwww maybe it's been parasitized!!

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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #23 on: July 18, 2011, 08:15:58 PM »
Quote from: Maggi Young on July 18, 2011, 04:48:29 PM
He's not a wasp, Angela... I think he's a hover fly of some sort. A good guy!

Thanks Maggi. I just thought it was a wasp. I thought it was just the rain that kept him so quiet.

Mark I never noticed what was on his back. But I remember you had a picture with a bee that had insects on him, maybe something similar.

Angie  :)
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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #24 on: July 19, 2011, 09:57:29 AM »
Angie what is the rose in the background of the babies?
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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #25 on: July 19, 2011, 10:02:32 AM »
The mass on the hover flies back seems to be like a deposit left by feeding on something sticky. There are drops of something on its head and eye which would suggest that.
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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #26 on: July 19, 2011, 03:31:45 PM »
Anthony I thought he was busy trying to clean himself. Probally pinched a bit of my custard slice when I wasn't looking. I thought the drops where his eyes   :-\

Pat I don't have the name of the rose. My husband likes roses and we have a few in the garden. Here is a close up of the flower from last year. he knows the names but I always forget.
This other rose I bought was from Homebase. This has been worthwile a good performer for our Aberdeen climate, its called Lucky. After all the days of really heavy rain it is still trying to open its flowers.

Ist rose ?
2nd rose Lucky

Angie :)
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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #27 on: July 19, 2011, 04:02:12 PM »
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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #28 on: July 19, 2011, 05:35:44 PM »
Hi Kevin, good to have you on the forum. Where in Ireland do you live?
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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #29 on: July 19, 2011, 05:47:12 PM »
Oops!  Bit of a problem you have there, Kevin.... herons and ponds don't mix too well, eh?
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