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For as long as I can remember I've had a love of natural history, especially birds.
So many of the things we see, the experiences we taste, are but a fleeting moment, there to be treasured, but all too often flying away to rest only in our memories. I'm trying to improve my photography so that it too can try and capture some of those moments. As I look at the WAB gallery, I'll have to let my admiration lead to aspiration, not desparation. In the meantime, I can jot down a few experiences and thoughts by way of a blog - nothing too profound, just what it says on the tin... my miscellaneous musings. Thanks for taking the time to have a look and please feel free to leave any comments.
Jonners
So many of the things we see, the experiences we taste, are but a fleeting moment, there to be treasured, but all too often flying away to rest only in our memories. I'm trying to improve my photography so that it too can try and capture some of those moments. As I look at the WAB gallery, I'll have to let my admiration lead to aspiration, not desparation. In the meantime, I can jot down a few experiences and thoughts by way of a blog - nothing too profound, just what it says on the tin... my miscellaneous musings. Thanks for taking the time to have a look and please feel free to leave any comments.
Jonners
Falcons and fledglings
Posted 19-06-2009 at 11:48 PM by Jonners
Following a very friendly tip from Tursiops2 the other day, my 3 boys and I decided to pop down to the Orwell Bridge and see if we could see the peregrines that were reportedly breeding there. We arrived around half past 5pm and wandered along the shoreline towards the imposing construction that is the Orwell Bridge. We had no idea where the birds were supposed to be, but T2 had advised from which end of the bridge we would get the best views and we duly took his advice and parked up on the North side of the river. All seemed quite quiet - several black headed gulls, the occasional oystercatcher and a few shelduck muddling around on the mud. We searched as best we could, although it was something of the blind leading the blind, but were only rewarded with a little egret joining play with the gulls. 
As the clock went past 6:30 we headed back for the car, but our prayers were finally answered when we spotted the pair of falcons atop one of the central columns busily plucking their tea. We certainly needed a scope, but we could see the feathers flying in the wind as the parents set about preparing supper, and could clearly see their facial markings. A truly wonderful sight and well worth the wait.
We arrived back home to discover that the remaining three blackbird fledglings had all left the nest, although we later found one of them acting at being a spectator as the boys played football in the garden:
I wonder what we'll do tomorrow
As the clock went past 6:30 we headed back for the car, but our prayers were finally answered when we spotted the pair of falcons atop one of the central columns busily plucking their tea. We certainly needed a scope, but we could see the feathers flying in the wind as the parents set about preparing supper, and could clearly see their facial markings. A truly wonderful sight and well worth the wait.
We arrived back home to discover that the remaining three blackbird fledglings had all left the nest, although we later found one of them acting at being a spectator as the boys played football in the garden:
I wonder what we'll do tomorrow
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