Showing posts with label Cattle Egrets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cattle Egrets. Show all posts

Friday, June 11, 2010

Egrets, I have a few; Falcon too

Plenty of Cattle Egrets (Ardea ibis) around Ingham and at times in pony club next door but not often seen in Tyto Wetlands.

More coastal cattle roading yesterday brought shaky images - some taken (in isolated safety) from moving car. Needs must on occasion.

Also hard to get it sharp at long range.

Unhappily,couldn't stop and steady for Brown Falcon (Falco berigora) on post because it was obviously not prepared to stand around on fence post.



Dark bird is partner of light morph from post last week.

Lament for southern Black-throated Finches

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