Glossy Ibis

Not completely a waste of time I got a shot of some geese too High to see the breed but I saw them. and a flock of tern. one problem with taking photos on the Nile Is you do not see the birds coming because they are in the sunset and by the time you see them its too late to get a close up shot because they travel so fast, when you see the flock of birds in the distance they do not seem to be going that fast.


I was thinking of getting the sparrows some corn but after today I won't because I will have all the neighborhoods pigeons up here and this is one of them I know she is very pretty, but!

Do not miss tonight's sun set it was marvelous.

http://nilelife2.blogspot.com/And what is this nile cruiser , should be Up your street Adrian,

A friend called mr sparrow.

Here I am sitting out on my balcony waiting for Ahmed to finish ploughing,

and sitting not four foot away on my line is Mr Sparrow been there a while I heard him chirping but I had my nose in a book about travelers through the ages in Egypt Quite an interesting read Even Florence Nightingale was here before she went off to nurse in the Crimean war. its called Egypt and the Nile through a writers eye, I put the book down to go get the camera, and he stayed there did not move, a photogenic sparrow. and a good unpaid model. and a much prettier bird than what we get in Vogue and the other model mags. well he did want something, I had forgot to put oats in the feeder, OK, he's an Egyptian sparrow what do you expect.

and my cat Sylvester would also make him a friend, for a while anyway.

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Cattle Egrets

in this case Donkey Egrets

The Egrets are in this field because its being ploughed . see the nilelfe2 blogspot

Scrub Warbler

It was as close as I am going to get to this pretty little warbler Its the size of a wren and draws your attention when its tail is wagging blends in nicely to the scrub.

Yellow Wagtail

Just for you Mr Bob forest of dean.

as soon as the farmer walks through the crop all the flies and bugs take too flight and the Swallows dive in, must be over 100 birds just in this field

Little Egret

http://birdinginegypt.blogspot.com/2009/12/little-white-egret.html

The spiders Web

I take lots of photos each day anything that gets my attention, costs nothing and its easy to delete a frame ( as the professional photographers call a photo shot) if not wanted
so before I log off I will share these wonderful feats of nature, the first is the web of the garden spider, the spider itself is a work of art by our creator, the photos of spiders and bugs are on.
http://insectsonwings.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post_23.html


this spider is just a spider but this spider shares its web with other spiders and sometimes a whole bush will be covered in hundreds of spiders webs
this one is on the side of the main road and the shrub is regularly trimmed if the webs are disturbed and broken they will build another over night. I tested them this web I destroyed 2 days ago. If you enlarge its easy to see the different webs the small bits are the spiders as soon as some thing big gets near they curl up into a ball shape I do have photos of them but without the legs sticking out of the body they just look like something they have caught and wrapped a web around it.