Warixenjalka
Birdwitcher
Oh come on.... You can't leave us hanging there like that Mr Derek! 3
John
Don't know who is Mr Derek, but I agree. :king:
Oh come on.... You can't leave us hanging there like that Mr Derek! 3
John
Ok, so here goes.
I need to set the scene. Wallcreeper hunting. scoping up a mountain in near 30 degrees centigrade with some birders. Searching every nook and cranny. At the max range of optical equipment and at the same time trying not to raise expectations. I spend most of the lunch stop scoping, scoping, scoping, searching into the caves, the higher cliffs, following the willowing mountain stream as it cascades through the mountain (too much?). It's a daunting task.
And there is a movement, hang on. Hidden in a cave the smallest movement. A shape, a grey looking the outline of a bird? The line of the wing. Convinced, 'Wallcreeper'! A couple of others check it out. Will it come out of the small cave?
After 5-10 mins it does but drop a rock on my head, dig a hole the size of, well, me and swallow me up whole, its a bloody Griffon Vulture. I had turned a Griffon bill into a Wallcreeper - sounds incredibill but true. My excuses have already been given.
Looking for a place to hide - lets be honest nothing can bring you back from that - when the funniest comment I have ever heard whilst birdwatching given the enormity of what had just happened - 'maybe the Vulture ate the Wallcreeper'... I was saved, partially.
Don't know who is Mr Derek, but I agree. :king:
We have all been there!
Indeed, on safari in Kenya I called "vulture" and the minibus screeched to a halt as a light aircraft flew over. 8-P
Hey, it could have been one of these (/from Wikipedia ): Saab JAS 39 Gripen (IPA: [ˈɡrǐːpɛn]; English: griffin) is a light single-engines multirole fighter aircraft”
In other words a Gripen Vulture
Hey, it could have been one of these (/from Wikipedia ): Saab JAS 39 Gripen (IPA: [ˈɡrǐːpɛn]; English: griffin) is a light single-engines multirole fighter aircraft”
In other words a Gripen Vulture
shopping today
Swift
Whinchat pair
Fifty, Eagle Owl - decided to run the gauntlet and head out the 2km for this one
Sorry, I've lost the 15 year post - I can see the white one though.
Lesser pecker on 26 Aug 2000 and 27 May 18.
Has the Tour been cancelled?
Fingers crossed for August-Spetember.