Outings around Lausanne, Switzerland

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Outing 31 January 2013

Great Egret / Grande Aigrette

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Image and finaly found some fish


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European Bittern - Butor étoilé

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Image pass behind the Grey Heron

Image the Great Egret arrives

Image Bittern play hide and seek -O


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Image hop ! on the hill

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Bruand des roseaux/Common Reed Bunting
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Yellow-legged Gull/Goéland leucophée
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I've missed a few here Nan. Great video of the skating Egret. -O \O

Nice snow scene and Starling.

Well done on the Bittern pics - not easy to photograph these birds. ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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Great pics, Nan! ^Q^ ^Q^ I am on the KZN Southcoast ;-)

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Lovely pics nan! \O


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thank you :-)
will return... as soon as the weather allow me, maybe next week O/\
to see if I can have the Bittern a bit out of the reeds
I know there is big fishes, but under the ice =O: ... poor Egret O** but better several like that than nothing ;-)


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Very nice lighting, nan (your birdies are always great anyways ;-) )
But where is the snow? 0= Not too long ago you complained about the white stuff. =O:


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Mel it was the 31st of January ... only ice =O:


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O:V O:V Lovely egret and ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ super Bittern.

Your pic's are super.. \O


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