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Couldn't resist this obliging Wood Sandpiper!
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This female Pied Harrier was a new Penang bird for me.
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In flight the very white underwing and rear body, and the greyish bases to the primaries are distinctive of female Pied.
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I found some tractors ploughing a field, and these are the pick of the Barn Swallows pictures I managed. No Red-rumped or Riparia martins among them today.
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This one seemed to be managing OK without much of a tail.
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And then the rain came! The flock of Pacific Golden Plovers came down in a field near the road and hunkered down.
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The monsoon rains this year are exceptionally severe, so I guess they'd better get used to it!
3 comments:
I'm dying for those raptor Dave.
Great catch especially the aquila.
You got it all at Kampung Pertama?
Hi Terence
At least 4 GS Eagles at Bandar Pertama ricefields yesterday!
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