Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >