nile valley sun bird

nile valley sun bird female juvenile.

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Photos from home. Wales.

Here are the latest photos of  our cats   they love the sun when they get some.  here Saphy our tonkinese sleeping in what is the bird bath she is so photogenic.   Sylvester  the Maine coone is a  another who likes a bit of fuss while the camera is out. these are sent from  the ipod camera  18/5/10

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You can see more of my cat photos on here

Banana Island

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One of the trees the herons use for nesting on the Island there are several trees they use  High Mango trees  and the fever tree.  here one of the young fledglings got carried by a gust if wind  and landed on the date palm  and it was not too sure about its surroundings or how to take off from there.

 in the heronry tree it could walk along a branch then test fly to the next,  the palm frons bend under the birds weight  ohh dear. mum help.

 
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Some  fighting going on  while testing the wings

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some even getting aggressive  pulling at each others plumage. just like children  lots of  squawking and fighting in the nursery. 

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a few yards away from the nursery and I am back on the Nile inlet. not that we can call banana island an island now.

but the herons  still hunt and feed on the murky waters caused by the land fill. 

  A night heron and little white egret  having a fishing competition.

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No problem for the Squacco the lone fisher

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 A young   night heron it will take another 9 months before it gets its adult plumage

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Night hero in full plumage. most likely the parent of the young one 

 

Another long walk around Luxor

My walk today takes me to the back fields of my old place of residence  hoping to see something new.
  

I have blogged on this plant a few weeks ago, I know I did not miss this plant last year  every day I walked through this area  as photographing was something new to me I took photos of anything that caught my eye and this plant was not here last year , so I asked one of the farmers about it  and he reckons its come on with the last crop of corn  and the birds have carried it everywhere.  but its all over the place I told him  yes all the farmers get the corn seed in batch from one supplier, so that explains the new flower in Luxor. not that I mind the fields look pretty especially mixed with the white clover flower.. that brings me to my second point  was it brought in with the clover seed .  no he said  we grow our own clover:- from seed:-  Yes

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One of the Moths/ butterflies that  like this plant

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Not one of the plants in this field of purple clover?

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Looks nice though blue and white field. 

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Carpets of Ixia plant 

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All the irrigation channels have this small flowering plant  that attracts bees and butterflies

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Just a few shots of the fledgelings in the heronry on banana island