Psilos
Bird Journal |
Monday July
28th 2008 |
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Partnerships
(page 2) |
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The swans are very tame and
getting some good portrait shots of them is easy. |
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Another great bird
partnership that has begun on the main lake is that of the Great crested
grebes. For reasons i do not understand this pair always breed very
late. Most grebes have had their families by now but this pair have
been sitting a similar time as the black swans. They incubate eggs for
25-29 days so their chicks should be hatching any day now. As they grow
older they become quite tame so I am hoping that if they do not fail
like last year I will get some lovely shots of them. |
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Of course there are also other
regulars on the lake. It is not often that you get to be able to identify
specific birds like Coots but the bird below is easy as it has a white
mark on either side of its head. I see it around often and he always
makes me smile. |
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The Moorhens on
the same back lake as the Black swans remind me of the African lilytrotters
or Jacanas to give them their proper name. They are from a similar family
and both sets of birds use thier long toes to walk easily over the tops
of the lilypads. I thought the greens and yellows of the pads set the
Moorhen off beautifully. |
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