Psilos
Bird Journal |
Saturday September
15th 2007 |
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"Going
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For the last two weeks I have
been offline due to technical difficulties. Isnt technology wonderful?
but happily it hasnt stopped me from going out with my camera. Mid September
is when bird numbers start to rise. Pink footed geese start to migrate
south in their thousands and there is a real sense of expectancy in
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For this visit I am at Marshside
at the right time. Early afternoon when the sun has moved around and
is now sitting behind us. In the carpark a kestrel is busy hunting and
for once allows us to get quite close. Getting this close to this small
falcon is a first for me. |
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Looking out from
Nels hide there is a sparse but even spread of birds. We have missed
a large flock of |Golden plover by minutes but there are a few single
birds still standing about. Lapwings, Black tailed Godwits, Curlews,
Ruff and Snipe are also present. |
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The plaintive call of the Curlew
was a very welcome sound. The bird in the photo above took a very energetic
bath, the noise of his wings beating the water carrying for quite some
distance. Too far for any decent photos but later he did come alittle
closer and stretched his wings before taking flight. |
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It would seem that
Snipe are very numerous this year. At first we only saw single birds
but then they moved in in much greater numbers with up to a dozen birds
being out in the open at any one time. No doubt for every bird you can
see there are several more that you cant. |
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Their plumage is
so well camaflagued for thier habitat but today they were really quite
bold with many birds being seen right out in the open.. |
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