Twitcheruth

Thanks Ruth, these are very inquisitive birds and fun to watch them getting up to all sorts of things.
I think their expressions say a thousand words!.


Best regards Paul

Thanks for your comments Ruth. Don't know why I haven't written a blog before.
I'm intending to visit other birding sites in the UAE as the weather starts to cool a bit - last Friday was my first real outing away from my local patches in Abu Dhabi and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Apparantly I dipped on a 5th heron on Friday, report of a night heron at the Al Warsan Lakes between 07.00 and 10.00 - I was there 07.30 to 10.45!

This is a very good one Ruth, the colours are stunning, as is the capture



Paul

Thanks Ruth, there is a slight bit of motion blurriness as the wind was a bit on the strong side, but next time i hope to capture a better one.


Paul

For the Indai trip photos your best going to my website I find that uploading to these forums reduces the quality of the image plus there as too many to post

Yep all is well now, got stuck in India with the ash cloud, cost us quite a bit of money in the end, but it didn't spoil the holiday.

Hi, been very busy since our return from India, have been on a couple of times but not 1/2 as much as I used to. Did u catch the Spoonbill near you recently ?

Thanks for the comment on the little sparrow, we now have somewhere around 30+ in our garden, besides Jackdaws, Collared Doves, Blue tits, Great tits, etc.
the amount of food we go through a week is unbelievable.



Paul

That little insect Ruth is a Scarlet Lily Beetle as ID by Alanjns.
Thanks for the reply.


Best regards Paul

Thanks Ruth, these grew from a £2.00 box of seeds from Morrison's Supermarket, Butterfly/Bee mix.



Paul