Bird photographer at dawn
I will be in Brussels when this post appears, traveling for a few days on business. To keep the customers satisfied, I have scheduled this post in my absence: a … Continue reading Bird photographer at dawn
Tag: Marievale Bird Sanctuary
Wagtail Breakfast
The early wagtail catches the worm. Marievale Bird Sanctuary.
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Pied avocet, dawn, Marievale
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Red-knobbed coot
Spain has saturated my posts and photographs for some time now; with this series done, my eye hankers after water, marsh, sky and birdlife. So the next few posts mark … Continue reading Red-knobbed coot
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Pied Avocet, Marievale
I like the harmony and balance, the silent concentration, in these photographs of pied avocets with their swooping bills wading in the waters at the Marievale Bird Sanctuary. Time for … Continue reading Pied Avocet, Marievale
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Blacksmith Plover
From photographs of birds, taken during my recent field trip to the Marievale Bird Sanctuary, this blog will see a change of scene, to our travels in Spain – but … Continue reading Blacksmith Plover
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Pied Kingfisher
This Pied Kingfisher was hard at work when I came across him, rising from a bed of reeds, hovering, swivelling his head this way and that, wings beating madly as … Continue reading Pied Kingfisher
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Coot Chicks
These little chicks are coot, you might say. I saw them, on the vlei at Marievale, far out on the water, at the furthest reach of my 500mm telephoto, and … Continue reading Coot Chicks
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Bird on a Wire
Here’s a good one. A prisoner in a Turkish prison goes to the prison library, and asks for a particular book. The prison librarian replies, ‘We don’t have that book. … Continue reading Bird on a Wire
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Against the light
From the corner of the hide, you looked out across the water, directly into the light, where the coots were squabbling and giving chase, and I knew at once that … Continue reading Against the light
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Squacco Heron lift-off
Now here’s a thing. Â Going through my photos from Marievale, I came across a nice sequence of images of a squacco heron marching through the reeds. You can almost hear … Continue reading Squacco Heron lift-off
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White-Throated Swallow
This little fellow, I think, has the confidence to speak for himself. Photographed from a hide at Marievale, with the Nikon D500 and Nikon 200 – 500 mm lens. The … Continue reading White-Throated Swallow
