Wildlife Corner

Guessed you were away Kedi, we will return to Turkey one day. Lovely crab, what did it taste like? :D

Nor for us in Olu deniz, very attractive Kedi, did you bring one home?

Lovely pic's all of them :D

hi imp, know i'm late in looking at this thread & maybe you've already got your binoculars, but if not, if money isn't a problem i know Zeiss is a good name. always used to see them (Zeiss) around when i was a bit of a birder - no, i didn't get them but my ex did!that was about 20 years ago...

geoff thanks for the advice, that day i had nothing with me coat to flap or bread to throw, but next time i go and it happens i will make sure i have some bread with me. cheers

oh...wow - they look like many seeds

really good shots well done

thanks all :D :D

looks very right...thank you terrier

woo, what is it? looks abit like a wren with that tail and wings, and that little aggressive look. is it?cheers sandra

Yes, it is probably a buzzard or hawk, we don't have eagles here, but I have seen the buzzard/hawk now and then, gliding or hovering but too high to recognize.Since the flock was not actually croaking like crows do, we are not sure what they could be. We do have lots of crows here so perhaps...

Hi pip. Haven't seen any Swallowtails since I took that pic. We have had very few butterflies this year for some reason and it's not been a hot summer so I don't know why, but I'm new to this since last Autumn.Strangely, on today's outing I had a Clouded Yellow (?) right in front of me on a...

wooow..."Hera" would be pleased...http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Argus1.html

Thanks DAG, and yes, I did get up close and even used the macro. I made soft clicking noises and moved up slowing, step by step, until I could get these photos. I've done this several times with other animals and got closer than they would normally permit a person to.

miraflores,now that one i like a lot and the statue of Ceasar is very handsome beautiful country

rodders get back to the bottom of the class acting like that you wont get your prunes and custard :(

This little chappie was about 8cm long so I wonder how they are so invisible because we never see them. I know we always have them in the Jacarandas ... sometimes if you clap they shut up for a while. :DI can't answer your question about coming out of the ground every seven years or so,...

Pip, I think they regenerate new limbs when the moult. I know spiders do. Great pics.

definately pip, I just love taking photos werever i go, its with me, cant pop my fuji in my handbag mind its too big, so i just have my little sony with me