[Leica] Birds

[Douglas Barry]

Thanks for that excellent link, Jayanand. Reading up on the Secretary 
Bird, I see we humans keep them to cull rodents. I must get one, as we 
had a mini invasion of rats here in the house back in June, due to a 
combination of enormous road works outside, and a crack in a pipe. It 
would also be useful if it could type... :-)

Douglas


On 16/10/2018 17:05, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> Douglas,
>
> Thanks for looking.
>
> A Bateleur is an eagle of the woodlands - its short tail makes it extremely
> maneuverable and agile, flying at high speed through the trees.
>
> A Secretary Bird is a large bird that roosts on treetops, and spends the
> rest of the day marching around the grasslands looking for snakes, its
> primary food. I saw a strange interlude once in Ndutu, when a Secretary
> Bird and a Tawny Eagle joined hands to decimate a hare - and then left the
> body and went their own separate ways without eating a morsel!
>
> This one, and the next four after that (Hunt 1 to Hunt 5):
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130307_07769-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 5:04 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for showing those, Jayanand. Definitely best seen large. I'd
>> never seen a Bateleur before, and the Secretary birds look fascinating.
>> Douglas
>>
>> On 14/10/2018 11:04, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
>>> As the migration happened early this year, the paucity of
>>> raptors/scavengers was not unexpected at the Masai Mara, but there was,
>>> surprisingly, fewer birds than I ever remember seeing. Here are some
>> shots
>>> of the ones that were there...
>>>
>>> Bateleur:
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180910-714.jpg.html
>>> Brown Snake Eagle:
>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180914-7211.jpg.html
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180914-7227.jpg.html
>>> Saddle-billed Stork:
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180913-6280.jpg.html
>>> Yellow-billed Stork:
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180912-4948.jpg.html
>>> Egyptian Goose:
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180912-5169.jpg.html
>>> White-bellied Bustard:
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180912-4977.jpg.html
>>> Secretary Bird:
>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180913-6536.jpg.html
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180914-6897.jpg.html
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180914-6927.jpg.html
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-20180913-6492.jpg.html
>>> Here is a link to the first one, if required:
>> https://tinyurl.com/ycwo2j6s
>>> Please see LARGE
>>>
>>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome!
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Jayanand
>>>
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