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kevin.durose(at)scottwilson.comKevin Du Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00042563542356968848noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469549452600828444.post-58044789690137133212013-04-01T16:01:00.003-07:002013-04-01T16:01:40.676-07:00Capercaillie March 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kevin Du Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00042563542356968848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469549452600828444.post-78896827639509084512011-07-04T16:00:00.000-07:002011-07-06T08:55:54.586-07:00local goodies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4XoX7qltyWGO2gKheYyR7Fv1zF7xC2rLZJiLiPlaTN6x-NslhOddNLncsUSyeHOb7pAInu7DfiutehP6QR1axuPy6fOBvj-E9mgLy2YDMEnDOzYHS9QRi1Sb9RJ1zNbBpgj0pfaWHwE/s1600/red-footed-falcon_20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4XoX7qltyWGO2gKheYyR7Fv1zF7xC2rLZJiLiPlaTN6x-NslhOddNLncsUSyeHOb7pAInu7DfiutehP6QR1axuPy6fOBvj-E9mgLy2YDMEnDOzYHS9QRi1Sb9RJ1zNbBpgj0pfaWHwE/s640/red-footed-falcon_20.jpg" width="612" /></a></div> red-footed falcon at Hornsey<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During my last couple of visits to Lake Turkana we have made friends with a small group of Turkana people who are living close to where we have been carrying out surveys. At the moment a drought is underway, which means they have to collect water from around 10 miles from their settlement. To save them the two day trip, which consists of one day to walk to the nearest water and one day to walk back to their settlement, we took their water cans back to South Horr and returned them full the following morning. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm not sure how they manage such a marathon trek in such heat with so little water, I walked around 1km one day and had to immmediatley drink 3 litres of water! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Turkanas, dont normally like having their photograph taken because they think the photograph is taking their blood away. Providing them with water and a few kilos sugar, which they normally trade for goats persuaded them photography wouldn't harm them. In the end I was inundated with requests to take their photo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Turkanas usually wear sandals made from old tyres, but they often wear nothing on their feet, the ground is littered with sharp stones and thorns and would rip our feet to shreds in a few hours. Visible in the photo of the girl above is the missing bottom two incisors, these are always pulled out in early childhood.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Link to Turkana on Wiki </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkana_people">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkana_people</a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm not sure about some of the pictures which I think are of another tribe but the information seems pretty much correct.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzc8KJKDNiw8CRmiALldwjMRfvDF1okMV5CdyhEDgNKVQ9_YweNHIOcrsDrj-kxYFbebjHZ1aF4KktnETKSX1r8P-v7D1t84_9Y8I0BGEfIlMKmksmvJVo4qkut200a9613A2g7CFRGUg/s1600/turkanas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="562" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzc8KJKDNiw8CRmiALldwjMRfvDF1okMV5CdyhEDgNKVQ9_YweNHIOcrsDrj-kxYFbebjHZ1aF4KktnETKSX1r8P-v7D1t84_9Y8I0BGEfIlMKmksmvJVo4qkut200a9613A2g7CFRGUg/s640/turkanas.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Kevin Du Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00042563542356968848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469549452600828444.post-24215410760022238692010-11-19T14:32:00.000-08:002010-11-19T15:00:47.408-08:00Lake Turkana birds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkyahEepLGxcauUBwpTdDCl0wiUIFL5mEA6OVuo2QAU42wc1lG9e1Tf1bOCE8Mdxzsi-uOazo9a0bMl3RWMkuBivC_kZxd6VxJ4ZAsZknbd586I1_3s3rt3_R6VbeCwaxHXFQGTM02yI/s1600/african-white-backed-vulture_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkyahEepLGxcauUBwpTdDCl0wiUIFL5mEA6OVuo2QAU42wc1lG9e1Tf1bOCE8Mdxzsi-uOazo9a0bMl3RWMkuBivC_kZxd6VxJ4ZAsZknbd586I1_3s3rt3_R6VbeCwaxHXFQGTM02yI/s640/african-white-backed-vulture_4.jpg" width="538" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Roller, common in semi-wooded country.<br />
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Migrating steppe eagle, one of several seen migrating south during the week.<br />
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I have been lucky enough to spend quite a bit of time in in Kenya over the past couple of months, great birds and great people. more pics to come soon. Kori bustard and two Turkana girls.Kevin Du Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00042563542356968848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469549452600828444.post-2644892080510799052010-09-26T14:41:00.000-07:002010-09-26T14:41:14.614-07:00American flycatcher in Norfolk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOE-NIn1SL3gjCnafLwzpLYlLPkhZeNbaXSi2hlpV-0cW8E5CgD7xNZVsRculSvTWFAxHsmoNYal1JqjOFPWVLZ0RW9RXlvyspmRowp7v47IkdFACXgx5erins1BdEBsWQm832WhKVpXw/s1600/empidomax-flycatcher4_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOE-NIn1SL3gjCnafLwzpLYlLPkhZeNbaXSi2hlpV-0cW8E5CgD7xNZVsRculSvTWFAxHsmoNYal1JqjOFPWVLZ0RW9RXlvyspmRowp7v47IkdFACXgx5erins1BdEBsWQm832WhKVpXw/s320/empidomax-flycatcher4_.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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This North American Epidonax flycatcher was present at the end of Blakeney Point this weekend. The jury is still out as too exactly which species is is.Kevin Du Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00042563542356968848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469549452600828444.post-89018388334952157602010-08-24T00:43:00.001-07:002010-08-24T00:43:32.837-07:00Samburu people<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieeXZ92FCpnlrTCbvTk5dYRJ5T239mGXuUZk4MVh9fpuDbicpyxr_hpM-l16spNzoMb6h5FWpqvEzbEg0xl8eTdDPapI9-KyORmG_H5ix_i6obre27CHwzINrLBftkfYq6n-7h_gALhic/s1600/samburu-_web8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="556" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieeXZ92FCpnlrTCbvTk5dYRJ5T239mGXuUZk4MVh9fpuDbicpyxr_hpM-l16spNzoMb6h5FWpqvEzbEg0xl8eTdDPapI9-KyORmG_H5ix_i6obre27CHwzINrLBftkfYq6n-7h_gALhic/s640/samburu-_web8.jpg" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-BIXWRqhwQc1TDo6JQISzt_YXjFn2BevE7xwCtOr0RPbdPykd7GpnXPaReHhkcKDiQzdSsy6tMnLCXyDJQ4QcIZtMeRiY5nQuw8gGNrwQx1PUnwvqKiQQxxivvzO5fGRRLjejxFXrz0/s1600/samburu-_web1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-BIXWRqhwQc1TDo6JQISzt_YXjFn2BevE7xwCtOr0RPbdPykd7GpnXPaReHhkcKDiQzdSsy6tMnLCXyDJQ4QcIZtMeRiY5nQuw8gGNrwQx1PUnwvqKiQQxxivvzO5fGRRLjejxFXrz0/s640/samburu-_web1.jpg" width="496" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuTCai4qXFKxMZ4grhKQ8nq3eVSuCTqlBw_cqPYzb45Qwajpn_JxsIdKIvIgetQu0pD9YbYw2crSnuNeJHxoMZkgcaQzHDEe9SlQMtSn2Eu1XhakPEUTAeq5wfhzbIarlTsA9EVavkN8/s1600/samburu-_11web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuTCai4qXFKxMZ4grhKQ8nq3eVSuCTqlBw_cqPYzb45Qwajpn_JxsIdKIvIgetQu0pD9YbYw2crSnuNeJHxoMZkgcaQzHDEe9SlQMtSn2Eu1XhakPEUTAeq5wfhzbIarlTsA9EVavkN8/s640/samburu-_11web.jpg" width="460" /></a></div>We stayed in South Horr for a few days, the local tribes are really friendly and as the photos show they wear very colourful clothes and massive necklaces.Kevin Du Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00042563542356968848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469549452600828444.post-54955957051162866622010-08-23T13:21:00.001-07:002010-08-23T13:21:16.797-07:00Grevy's zebra<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Probably the highlight of my visit to Africa was this pair of Grevy's zebra, this desert species is becoming increasingly rare and there is believed to be only around 2500 left with numbers decreasing rapidly. These fine animals are taller and more graceful than common zebra with much more delicate stripes. The ears are larger and used for signalling as well as listerning in all directions, note one of these is listerning behind while watching us.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Kevin Du Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00042563542356968848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469549452600828444.post-42404523020982988892010-08-23T09:04:00.000-07:002010-08-23T09:05:22.357-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54Ku1bKRPes27dunvXSEOoyGNHlV5HcI-NzJZmEzMJc99lshOYhu5-CmMbEEPklGo_MeFeN1Q3vG2qV1dGGOniSKlSGAdowEd_WOLe9ltvPFnByZA86jKcVw8D7Z1hVVVVrVl57wHhjc/s1600/trumpeter-finch-web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 335px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54Ku1bKRPes27dunvXSEOoyGNHlV5HcI-NzJZmEzMJc99lshOYhu5-CmMbEEPklGo_MeFeN1Q3vG2qV1dGGOniSKlSGAdowEd_WOLe9ltvPFnByZA86jKcVw8D7Z1hVVVVrVl57wHhjc/s400/trumpeter-finch-web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508636886991512690" /></a><br />first pic uploaded after 5 attempts!Kevin Du Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00042563542356968848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469549452600828444.post-47326612580757812412010-08-23T08:33:00.000-07:002010-08-23T09:20:04.537-07:00Africa update<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3aFIw-7QKpdPWQMk9SOAl1rqi-CeNBE6i2rl1f7HTpNhJVB1C5xdj4terMYIssHomSrDIpFoPR_1oeEzIoxgnv9ZkAT0BhydH8uyQ4ZAJU4mEP6blC0MSCZG2u1YH31R4nXRxqL4_pgw/s1600/quail-plover-web.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3aFIw-7QKpdPWQMk9SOAl1rqi-CeNBE6i2rl1f7HTpNhJVB1C5xdj4terMYIssHomSrDIpFoPR_1oeEzIoxgnv9ZkAT0BhydH8uyQ4ZAJU4mEP6blC0MSCZG2u1YH31R4nXRxqL4_pgw/s400/quail-plover-web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508629362739204546" /></a><br /><br />Having trouble posting pics, so this is a test post featuring the sought after Quail-plover.Kevin Du Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00042563542356968848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469549452600828444.post-48472892806536270692010-08-22T13:28:00.000-07:002010-08-23T09:21:08.468-07:00Lake Turkana Africa<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSVq2ow4NT-SYJH24jdHWllcaoi3Qi8Xb4ertUrtH7TdeSltLyXQsDmZYxO-q0FYqoe7CFfSuJt5jW4yTXHhZ2qquMjUvpIgfEVd9JjVpN-T4OQz2dvJQ903jyMZkz4RzBnabHGZ_MeI/s1600/tawny-eagle_2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmAheUXo43p86HaIbFSD0KOeunTW9P0nAEKi7ufOX8tB6D5qyaRYWoY6Pj3LA0g92w6m9winQ6fMftADjZFgXFk7eRH9CV74O6wuXK9fZU06ZwPZHwKhwyFk0OLKjZg51uL1b5tSp_jM/s400/kori-bustard_cover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508334815991081890" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxR-BK9xiDv9PvCiy0vGSWaMYn4sk99YxaJ2Pv0s3YbEFxxgI7K9eAtKrl1-cmzLZjjrfuFNfzLE_UV7vTx9hQ8Fhvfdp-Ykpu5IW0OrDV4FVdX3bnIY8uLsiB4sC4UGc4Pbv6UxhpoU/s1600/eastern-chanting-gosshawk_2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 371px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxR-BK9xiDv9PvCiy0vGSWaMYn4sk99YxaJ2Pv0s3YbEFxxgI7K9eAtKrl1-cmzLZjjrfuFNfzLE_UV7vTx9hQ8Fhvfdp-Ykpu5IW0OrDV4FVdX3bnIY8uLsiB4sC4UGc4Pbv6UxhpoU/s400/eastern-chanting-gosshawk_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508334811401129682" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijBF0IaWtIwhNP-rJR8wyZ6fI2c6XEqqUPJ9vZ7EHG39eDP4n4XP2tveMM2yQSHEM59JJCU7Wmj2Z1uHNbFeyeNZNtoSn3WPB_tj_P_2NxL73oH3q8bHnDzP6eUJ5pU5JhvFQusyetQM/s1600/crowned-plover.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 386px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijBF0IaWtIwhNP-rJR8wyZ6fI2c6XEqqUPJ9vZ7EHG39eDP4n4XP2tveMM2yQSHEM59JJCU7Wmj2Z1uHNbFeyeNZNtoSn3WPB_tj_P_2NxL73oH3q8bHnDzP6eUJ5pU5JhvFQusyetQM/s400/crowned-plover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508334806546572994" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTOPvb33QlXH5tKt4pxrxoxooyWB3eMauuXfBqPe2c5MzjJxvvw_I4H0aNegegnveZgTmLKeOvq0FNiJap3hoHiBWaiP3L0z9K-KC279nawnOWVJqU7KQJ3XWTJ_VmbgvgjlyXZl42kHs/s1600/buff-crested-bustard_2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 394px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTOPvb33QlXH5tKt4pxrxoxooyWB3eMauuXfBqPe2c5MzjJxvvw_I4H0aNegegnveZgTmLKeOvq0FNiJap3hoHiBWaiP3L0z9K-KC279nawnOWVJqU7KQJ3XWTJ_VmbgvgjlyXZl42kHs/s400/buff-crested-bustard_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508334198841462034" /></a><br /><br />I have recently got back from at few days staying near Lake Turkana in Africa, I only had basic camera gear with me but managed a few decent shots. Birds are from top to bottom: Tawny eagle, Somali Courser, Olive thrush, Nubian woodpecker, Kori Bustard, eastern-chanting gosshawk, crowned plover and buff-creasted bustard.Kevin Du Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00042563542356968848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469549452600828444.post-36486290845324192882010-07-12T16:06:00.000-07:002010-11-19T14:46:56.731-08:00Scarce emerald damselfly<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmXnZU6CVHLJ06PgQZzAk_ifWTV4XI0caaclys8j_hEtRvdxPManTyBIddXq4KRG0EyugQZm8JcnczNk48rFPkyUNNZYMQckkCcuBxncS06fwuj2FjI1ok9f9aGuMLkLiNxY8NDsRZ7Og/s1600/scarce-emerald-damselfly.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493160088731537874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmXnZU6CVHLJ06PgQZzAk_ifWTV4XI0caaclys8j_hEtRvdxPManTyBIddXq4KRG0EyugQZm8JcnczNk48rFPkyUNNZYMQckkCcuBxncS06fwuj2FjI1ok9f9aGuMLkLiNxY8NDsRZ7Og/s400/scarce-emerald-damselfly.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 296px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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Numerous in all of the sea-clubrush filled ditches east of Burnham-on-CrouchKevin Du Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00042563542356968848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469549452600828444.post-89845874540621686152010-07-07T14:41:00.000-07:002010-08-23T12:51:18.654-07:00Norfolk Hawker<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBskyOzGWITqpQf4sZCCMZiKwJWAcJl_r21x7H5P0CvqSOkXFlHodIv5IcTUt3hf7mqX4UIg7sPTTZeaQx3oxLqtn5UPWBW2OebwkTCPWJFIP445u1UAYiyZHflwLoqdRXnzx4Ei4JJA/s1600/norfolk-hawker-112.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 345px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBskyOzGWITqpQf4sZCCMZiKwJWAcJl_r21x7H5P0CvqSOkXFlHodIv5IcTUt3hf7mqX4UIg7sPTTZeaQx3oxLqtn5UPWBW2OebwkTCPWJFIP445u1UAYiyZHflwLoqdRXnzx4Ei4JJA/s400/norfolk-hawker-112.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491282803918930274" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRakUCY4Tc-QEfs8PoLpuMAdq6O-3M8fddvgOxtACTablsqeMLOmNVdGwgh6Rht-G5DBT2bJeEPH_y9xmv2FAsaML7DWgeSPyOKdxwaDfNtUOFc-fqyVoTfjHS9QUpRRRM0L-tibE_6w/s1600/norfolk-hawker111.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 356px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRakUCY4Tc-QEfs8PoLpuMAdq6O-3M8fddvgOxtACTablsqeMLOmNVdGwgh6Rht-G5DBT2bJeEPH_y9xmv2FAsaML7DWgeSPyOKdxwaDfNtUOFc-fqyVoTfjHS9QUpRRRM0L-tibE_6w/s400/norfolk-hawker111.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491282799388424594" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Norfolk hawker at Strumpshaw Fen, taken with the canon 300mm f4, I really need to get a true macro lens.Kevin Du Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00042563542356968848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469549452600828444.post-17053213250597109102010-06-20T03:20:00.000-07:002010-08-23T12:53:21.274-07:00Nightjar Norfolk<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheOaMddYl81iL5afAkNeIiP7MoF4jphSmOZaP-UXIxD9Up-rTIfDtO5t4q16PXiq4F1YhOYLgjfODYbOKPYoN6QxGwwyyLFqMVU6UxavVCXNbU6VIRk-MEVvqCx4x-qEwRdHzrQu2SuFQ/s1600/nightjardig.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheOaMddYl81iL5afAkNeIiP7MoF4jphSmOZaP-UXIxD9Up-rTIfDtO5t4q16PXiq4F1YhOYLgjfODYbOKPYoN6QxGwwyyLFqMVU6UxavVCXNbU6VIRk-MEVvqCx4x-qEwRdHzrQu2SuFQ/s400/nightjardig.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5484799166012851090" /></a><br /><br />I have spent a lot of time in the forests of Norfolk this spring concentrating on getting to know one of my favorite bird the nightjar. Its been productive as I have found five different birds sitting on wood piles. This one is a male, his mate sits on a log a few metres away. Hopefully she will be nesting soon, I was thinking she is a bit late but first egg dates are apparently mid-may to mid-July so there's still plenty of time.Kevin Du Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00042563542356968848noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469549452600828444.post-73765904262273766902010-06-02T16:01:00.000-07:002010-11-19T14:50:34.221-08:00woodcock and Dotterel<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_NixRr45rov7zoeGdxiMYOyfQaXBF2SbXSfAvAkGY8b0hQfRu4KG7YZb0WzHIqsuFysE4dbVm2Mrpbgj_7-S-Juruov24zluk3hFzTWv9-qhI-4PlFQ7tJjkGTk37H3_W7tafYglwZI/s1600/woodcock_web.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478315731081671778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_NixRr45rov7zoeGdxiMYOyfQaXBF2SbXSfAvAkGY8b0hQfRu4KG7YZb0WzHIqsuFysE4dbVm2Mrpbgj_7-S-Juruov24zluk3hFzTWv9-qhI-4PlFQ7tJjkGTk37H3_W7tafYglwZI/s400/woodcock_web.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 296px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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The recent Dotterel at Kessingland. Woodcock over Swaffham Heath.Kevin Du Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00042563542356968848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469549452600828444.post-18939186925136134642010-05-14T11:34:00.000-07:002010-11-19T14:50:54.691-08:00hobby<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5G_RkFak-s5Lrx-Pgq-kEqGNi6gWrg4IdrAG3VvcnuIAsnmgNPLlTNo9KJh3QC90crMj27vOBOR7dk8TU-jR9wUiOwrIjICYwGuPhSr371Ux4FqFRQHCMsWYOEiS4_jd1UQ2O2jYvqI/s1600/hobby_6.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471196110512515970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5G_RkFak-s5Lrx-Pgq-kEqGNi6gWrg4IdrAG3VvcnuIAsnmgNPLlTNo9KJh3QC90crMj27vOBOR7dk8TU-jR9wUiOwrIjICYwGuPhSr371Ux4FqFRQHCMsWYOEiS4_jd1UQ2O2jYvqI/s400/hobby_6.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 310px;" /></a><br />
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hobby about to stoop on a dragonflyKevin Du Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00042563542356968848noreply@blogger.com1