Myegypt bird rescue,

 
The birds have found new material to make their nests  I have often watched the sparrows pulling bits off my Clothes line  its an easy material as there is an abundance of it about for the birds too use.   but the results of string in nest can be a danger to the chicks as this rescued chick shows, two days ago I saw the Swallows perching over the canal   so I went back  to the area to photograph the inside of the Temple of Medinet Habu
 and on my walk back I should catch the swallows. I saw one and and it flew off so   I was sitting waiting on the bank waiting  or rather hoping  for their return, when there was this excitement in the fever tree the sparrows where in a real frenzy. then I saw this chick tied up by its leg on one of the branches in not the easiest of places to reach as the bank dropped direct into the canals murky waters and not a place I fancied bathing in.  the fever tree is not the best of trees to get hold of  without protection and I caught several  pricks from its thorns while trying to rescue the bird. plus the bird did not want to be rescued by a human and put up some fierce resistance the twine had been wrapped around the branch several times in order not to disturb the bird too much I tried to break off the branch but that caused the chick to panic  so all I could do was to balance and unwind the bird around the twig. soon the bird was free from the branch   but Without a pair of scissors or a knife  all I could do was be patient and untie the knotted twine from the tiny leg of my little brave chick. who gave me several encouraging pecks. not sure if it was to encourage me or to say  let me go now you have freed me from the tree., with all the twine off its leg.  I bade it farewell and the chick flew off , while all this was going on I had a host of sparrows chirping in frenzy   leave the baby alone  there is no meat on her  please go away , the swallows did not come back  so I headed for home but not before a walk along the Nile where I had several  good dragon  shots and even more good shots of the Squacco Heron.

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Have you tried photographing a bird with one hand  free >

Have you had  a kiss from a sparrow chick, its what they say a peck on the nose.

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Th temple of Medinet Habu  and the point where I was rescuing the chick. 

 the my blog on The Medet temple with its Hieroglyph reliefs and massif pillars http://myegypttours.blogspot.com/

Little white Egret.

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Common Bulbul 

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Nile perch 

 

No bugs around I wonder! Why?

One of the bugs the skinks do not eat,

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they only live where there is garbage or dung and rather than go to a smelly dump. I opted to go to a cleaner environment, or so I thought  this being an area where all the tourists  have a stroll  along the lower walk of the promenade, this is the area already under re construction IE all the cruise ships and the moorings  ,fuel pipes etc have been moved ready for the dig  where I am walking will eventually be the level of the new prom,
  but here there is nothing for the skinks.  so I walk on to where the boats are parked sometimes 11 in a row.

One of the juniors with its bright blue tail.

there are a few gardens here  But also a dump for kitchen waste from the boats. here the flies gather  plus the rats, and its a good feeding area for our bug cleaners, the skinks,  and there are hundreds of them here often the run across the walk to get a drink in the Nile,  these  are about 6" in length  Not sure what they are once they grow bigger, if they grow any larger the next size I have seen are over 9" then they are monitor lizards.

Giant monitor lizard found in Egypt

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_philippines_giant_lizard
 This one  I photographed  7/4/10  and is over 9ft long  its tail is over a meter
 making it bigger than the one found in the Philippines

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The other little  bug eaters are the Grecos  last night there was 6 on the wall opposite my balcony,  I live watching these move  looks like the wall is velcro. and these have velcro pads on the feet.  photos taken with flash from 30ft

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 the Squacco has more interest in the little monitor lizard  than me.

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The little white egret

Now the heronry has hatched most of the eggs   the Nile is becoming like a snow patch    some are too young to fly and most perish on the first day of falling out of the nest,  or even pushed out of the nest,  many  I saw with broken wings   most survive the fall and make for the open waters of the Nile  then stand at the waters edge wondering what is next.

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some like this little one head out into the murky waters and find a log or flotsam to stand on  this one has a broken wing    and had to struggle to get to safety.for the rest of the photos click on the link  http://birdinginegypt.blogspot.com/2010/05/little-white-egret.html