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  1. steve_nova

    Id for bird on Northumberland coast

    Probably a common bird but unsure as to what this is? Any help in id will be gratefully received. http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/540658/ppuser/268
  2. steve_nova

    Swifts over Tetbury

    Swifts caught in flight from the fascinating google street view.
  3. steve_nova

    Stellarium

    For anyone that is interested in Astronomy this free downloadable program is a truly useful resource. Just select as near to where you live and you can see the position of everything in the sky in real time. You can also make the earth invisible to see the whole sky and even remove the...
  4. steve_nova

    Bug id

    Can anyone id this pretty bug please. All I suspect is that it is some type of Hemiptera? Thank you.
  5. steve_nova

    Ospreys at Cragside

    A work colleague of mine told me today that there are two Ospreys at Cragside in Northumberland. They have been there for about a week now. He said that they stop off on their way to their breeding grounds and will be away by the end of the month. The last time he saw them was last Thursday...
  6. steve_nova

    Jumping Spider

    Hello all, took these two pictures with my mobile of a reasonably large jumping spider. Any ideas the type? Unfortunately, it kept moving and I couldn't get a very sharp shot. It is on a Vriesia/Guzmannia house plant bromeliad. Steve.
  7. steve_nova

    Interesting flower

    This lone plant of annual Honesty (Lunaria annua) I saw today in a garden had a very distinctive bi-coloured flower. I might try and get seed to see if it comes true. Steve.
  8. steve_nova

    Ident of LBJ please

    This Warbler must have flown into the greenhouse glass at the garden centre where I work in Northumberland this morning. Myself and a colleague picked it up and waited until it came round and happily flew off (not before taking a few pics with mobile phone). I presume its some sort of Sylvia...
  9. steve_nova

    Spider for id please

    Taken with mobile phone so not too great a pic but very flattened body and builds an orb type web.
  10. steve_nova

    Blackbird anting?

    I have finally discovered the identity of the culprit digging holes into my gravel path! This female/young? Blackbird was catching ants and appeared to be eating them in quick sucession and then contorting into various poses as they swarmed over the feathers. I don't know whether the ants were...
  11. steve_nova

    Clytis arietus

    I have seen this little critter a few times over the years and have always shown it people who are usually amazed that I am not being stung. Someone had a camera at work (where I came across it) but it never stopped moving, hence the blurred image. Just thought people might like to see it...
  12. steve_nova

    Displaying flies

    I could not get close enough before they moved but managed to catch some shots of flies that were displaying with their wings to one another on and around a small pond (no fish) in parents garden. I have heard of picture-wing flies though these seemed quite big, around 1cm in length. They had no...
  13. steve_nova

    Identity of Oz bird

    Perhaps someone out there knows what this wrongly identified bird is and might pass it on to the website. Havn't a clue myself though I do know it is no Australian Raven. http://plodplodplod.blogspot.com/2006/01/australian-raven.html Steve.
  14. steve_nova

    Woodpecker ident

    Just want an ident for this pic in my gallery please, thanks. http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showphoto.php/photo/97229
  15. steve_nova

    Sound files for bird calls?

    It may be that I have not searched this site fully but is there a section with sound files of bird calls? Thanks Steve.
  16. steve_nova

    Cucullia verbasci

    I noticed some very handsome caterpillars on some Verbascum flower spikes today (I work in a local garden centre) and thought that they looked a bit like Swallowtails (Papilio)...... Upon further investigation I found the foodplant to be incorrect (should be a certain Umbellifer) and upon...
  17. steve_nova

    Stunning photos

    Have a look at the gallery at this site.
  18. steve_nova

    Fantastic Tri-coloured Heron shot.

    Have a butchers at this: http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showphoto.php?photo=64379
  19. steve_nova

    Yeah, I know it's just a flower but...

    Really beautiful flower shot:t: http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showphoto.php?photo=50286
  20. steve_nova

    Strange bird in gallery?

    What on earth is this? http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35868
  21. steve_nova

    Do all Australians really hate Corvids?

    Article Surely this is just sensationlism and complete ignorance towards this group of birds as per usual.
  22. steve_nova

    Beautiful Ibis

    Have just cone across this lovely image of a remarkably beautiful bird. Lovely Ibis shot here
  23. steve_nova

    Mozilla or IE explorer?

    I have just downloaded Mozilla's web browzer instead of using Microsofts ie explorer and have currently been using it including it's mail equivelent of Outlook Express. I have found it very user friendly so far with no hitches at all. Now don't get me wrong, I have done this not because I'm an...
  24. steve_nova

    Poisonous bird genus

    I have just come across this interesting article concerning a group of birds called Pitohui's from Papua New Guinea that have poisonous alkaloids in both their feathers and skin. Interestingly, both male and female birds are brightly coloured (like poison arrow frogs) to warn off predators...
  25. steve_nova

    Lovely Diver

    Jakobs lovely Red-throated Diver. The background and foreground are just perfect too IMO.
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