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Re: Backyard wildlife
Beautiful and equally beautifully captured, PJL. 
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Re: Backyard wildlife
BluTuna wrote: Other unusual birds in and around our area include, Woodland Kingfisher, Grey-Headed Bush-Shrike and one of the sparrowhawks (not sure which one). For the past couple of years we have also had Grey Hornbills in the area.
Flutts, you live in the same area as me, why do you switch off when you come home from the bush?
Not surprisingly BT . After all , Johannesburg/ Pretoria is the largest man-made exotic forest in Southern Africa
Enough is enough
Re: Backyard wildlife
I've heard that Johannesburg is the most heavily forested city in the world.okie wrote:BluTuna wrote: Other unusual birds in and around our area include, Woodland Kingfisher, Grey-Headed Bush-Shrike and one of the sparrowhawks (not sure which one). For the past couple of years we have also had Grey Hornbills in the area.
Flutts, you live in the same area as me, why do you switch off when you come home from the bush?
Not surprisingly BT . After all , Johannesburg/ Pretoria is the largest man-made exotic forest in Southern Africa
Hunting cannot be considered a sport as all contestants in a sport should know they are playing the game!
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BT, I'm always on the lookout for birds but we never have seem to have anything new in our garden!BluTuna wrote:Flutts, you live in the same area as me, why do you switch off when you come home from the bush?
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Re: Backyard wildlife
More stunning pics! 
I have seen a few YBK's, but not close enough for pics! 
BluTuna wrote:Flutts, try looking up! I often see large birds in the distance - they are usually YBKs but you never know!
I have seen a few YBK's, but not close enough for pics! Re: Backyard wildlife
So, stop complaining that you don't see anything from/in your garden 
Hunting cannot be considered a sport as all contestants in a sport should know they are playing the game!
Re: Backyard wildlife
Fantastic again
But no more spiders
My camera only comes out when I visit a game park, so the cell phone is my lazy alternative; however there’s not much that I can take pic of with it at home unless I climb trees
As most spend a large portion of their life at work I decided to use my cell phone camera to photograph a ringneck mother outside the 2nd floor male ablutions.
The problem is that one can only see the mother and junior when standing at the urinal and looking out the window. Taking pics while in this position causes its own problems though and I made a few at the urinal rather upset, so I won’t be taking any more pics unless I’m alone in the loo.
But no more spiders
My camera only comes out when I visit a game park, so the cell phone is my lazy alternative; however there’s not much that I can take pic of with it at home unless I climb trees
As most spend a large portion of their life at work I decided to use my cell phone camera to photograph a ringneck mother outside the 2nd floor male ablutions.
The problem is that one can only see the mother and junior when standing at the urinal and looking out the window. Taking pics while in this position causes its own problems though and I made a few at the urinal rather upset, so I won’t be taking any more pics unless I’m alone in the loo.
