Saturday, October 15, 2011

Hobby Falcon

Male and Female White eyed Ducks
the Male has the white eye,
not the best I know, the overcast conditions are to blame;)

6 comments:

  1. Ray congratulations on your retirement.Saw Terry on thursday said keep that swing going on fridays.Great Hobby image is that something in it's left talon.

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  2. The Swing is coming on nicely :} Yes the Hobby has caught what I think is a Dragonfly , it actually swooped over my head as I was standing on the edge of a lake and I saw it skim the water and then return back over my head , I managed to follow it and luckily it landed not far away, so was able to get the pic.

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  3. Retirement! You're making me jealous! Cracking hobby Ray.

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  4. Thanks Christian, the Hobby Falcon is not common to this area so I have been lucky to see it twice now, and yes retirement is sweet :) , we are going to Langkawi at the end of this month so I hope to bring back some nice photos of the Hornbills,

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  5. Ray the large bird is a heron you will see them on rivers and lakes they eat fish,frogs,and anything else they can get down their neck.The small bird is a bearded tit a rare bird seen at Leighton Moss and 1 or 2 other locations in the country. Regards Martin.

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  6. Thanks Martin, the one I was thinking of that I had seen here, is a White Faced Heron , I haven't been able to get close enough to them yet !

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