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The view at dawn looking both ways from the causeway across one section of the lake.
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This Grey-headed Fish Eagle spent a long time sitting on this dead tree.
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Enabling me to get a little closer to it.
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While I waited at the owl stake-out - a couple of pylons by the road - this Plaintive Cuckoo entertained me hunting for caterpillars.
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As dusk approached on the 1st, a large, broad-winged bird flew out of the plantation onto one of the pylons. I put my scope on the bird, confident that I had my Dusky Eagle Owl, but was immediately disappointed to see the small head of a raptor - a dark morph Changeable Hawk-Eagle! It was soon joined by another. This pair roosted on the pylon both days I was there, and was the nearest I came to seeing an owl! My miserable run on owls continues...!
1 comment:
Hi Dave,
I see you manage to see the GHFE on its favorite perch. Nice photo as well. Nice photo as well. Don't worry about the owl, I only saw it on my fifth trip
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