google blog probs,

I am having to upload my pics on another google account, publish  then cut and paste on to this post, seem a bit farsicle but its the way google play things,
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eastern long tailed butterfly.

You maybe asking what is this guy doing in a dumping ground??
well all I can say is where there are flies and strange pongs there are spiders dragonflies
etc, and today I am not carrying any weight all I have is my new Olympus pocket camera,
as I had no intention of birding today , just a walkabout around town but one thing led to another and I found myself on the outskirts of the city the photos up to this point are on the
me and my camera blogspot


this is a dry irrigation channel well overgrown and a good place for the spiders


 known as the Wasp Spider. That zig-zag ribbon of silk is called the stabilimentum - there are several theories as to its purpose.









grasshoppers are everywhere and all sizes






this one was about 3 1/2" but was playing shy in the sugar cane leaves,

only bird photo of the day the little green bee-eater,

blue chaser

green and brown chaser not so easy to take photos of where I was deep in the scrub,
But I am quite content with today's photos of our wonderful wildlife.

Ramadan is here again,

Will not make the slightest bit of difference to the wildlife they will do the same as they have done since time began and we  and our beliefs where not even thought of.  Like this little water buffalo cleaner
Gets to have its own flotsam  where it can eat all day thats as long as the flies are not observing  Ramadan.

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ooh " there is a fly on my nose,    Ah" but Mrs donkey its Ramadan  I can not eat the fly, it will have too tickle you to death.

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The little white egrets  still clearing the land of frogs and anything else thats edible.

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The Squacco herron  in its natural habitat.

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The chicken looks like its got a pair of long johns on 

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This area was covered with hundreds of dragon flies some  on the donkey  droppings  but most on the sand just perched  and all had their tails sticking up it was another experiance I will never forget all these black winged  dragonflies  flying about my legs as I walked on the  sand. not sure what they get from the sand  as the Nile is  not salt water. its not fresh  or clean either.  I bloggerd the other day on the bees  taking whatever from the sand this same area.

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The next few shots shows the sand littered with them.

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This is the  same area  half an hour later as the boys  came for a swim  they take no notice of any of the wildlife. its like they share the beach area. 

 

Dragonflies have taken over from the birds

The past 3 days have been a treat there are hundreds of dragonflies and damsels its strange how , even though there is only a few miles or a stretch of water to devide the species, on the http://egyptdragonflies.blogspot.com/ tuesdays dragons are from a walk to the east of Luxor  a place known as El gezira or Banana Island area

tuesdays dragons are from the west bank across the River, and todays are from an area  towards the airport. just 2 kilometers from my flat, the only species being the same are the orange and the black winged.

these  I will put on here as the first 2 species,

Black winged darter and a damselfly the damsel is common to all 3 areas  in Luxor,

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I also saw the following birds today  all I have photos of on Birding in Egypt

Crested Lark,  Hoopoe.  ring-necked plovers, white & cattle egrets,

3 falcons, and many of the smaller birds that are the first birds on the bird blog,

While having a cup of tea during making this blog I shot this spider

And  it's as big as a pin head,

Dragons in Macro

I am so busy catching up with writing my Biography and a new blog    http://nilelife4.blogspot
I was looking through my blogspot dragons and damsels for 2009, and came across these shots taken in macro  before I bought the ef 100x400 lens.  these shots where taken 6" from the subject Early in the morning while they were drowsy, with the canon efs 60mm ultrasonic lens  both subjects have been put on in a horizontal view  as they sleep in a vertical position