Foto Friday: Hamerkop
A Hamerkop builds a nest in this photo we took at Abuko Nature Reserve in The Gambia in January 2007.
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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Video: Kingfisher in France
Last month we visited the Loire Valley region of France. We stayed in Bourguiel and visited several chateaux, including Cheverny, which is situated on lovely grounds that included a small pond where we saw this Kingfisher hunting for lunch.
If you click on the video you can watch a hi-res version on YouTube.
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Foto Friday: Blue Tit
We saw this Blue Tit looking for seeds during an evening walk in La Petite Pierre, France, in May 2008.
Blue Tits are another common back yard bird here in the Netherlands and they are known as being acrobatic in their antics. They are a lot of fun to watch.
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Video: White Wagtail scooting around
Last month we visited the Loire Valley region of France. We stayed in Bourguiel and visited several chateaux, including Cheverny, which has huge lawns around it. We saw lots of Wagtails there, scooting around looking for food. I took this video of one doing a really great Roadrunner impersonation.
If you click on the video you can watch a hi-res version on YouTube.
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Foto Friday: Chaffinch
We took this photo of a singing male Chaffinch earlier this year when we visited the Vosges nature park in the Alsace region of France.
Chaffinches are fairly common back yard birds here where we live and we’ve enjoyed watching them at our feeders.
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Foto Friday: Rufous Treepie
We took this photo while on a jeep safari in India’s Ranthambhore National Park in March 2006.
The Rufuos Treepie is similar to the familiar Magpies of North America and Europe. This guy was begging for scraps and posing for photos at a ranger checkpoint.
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