Category: BIRDS

OWLET RESCUE

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Rescued from our garden having fallen out of an oak tree. Replaced in the crook of a branch about 10 feet up. Completely relaxed throughout (the owlet, I mean), and keen to retain my rescue glove as a souvenir.

PAIR OF STILTS

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Black-necked stilts . Abaco . Bahamas – Keith Salvesen

OSPREY

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Osprey . Abaco . Tom Sheley for ‘Birds of Abaco’ Bahamas

CUBAN PEWEE

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NATURE’S SMALLEST TYRANT

Contopus caribaeus – a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae

Cuban Pewee . Casuarina . Abaco . Bahamas – Keith Salvesen © Rolling Harbour

AMAZING…

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Amazing! Despite my rather feebly apologetic post bemoaning my own indolence in letting this site slide towards oblivion, erstwhile followers have kindly rallied round with some likes and comments. Completely undeserved, but for which many thanks indeed.

So here in return is Ebony, the very rare black barn owl that I was lucky enough to fly last summer. Definitely a top 5 experience for the year. Maybe it’s the start of a minor blog resurrection…

DELAYED POST

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This blog was started in 2012 and was originally intended to be an omnium gatherum of specific and conceivably interesting categories. The menus below mostly had sub-menus. The blog was a spin-off from a more time-consuming effort that took priority.

I never posted very regularly, and I didn’t promote the site. Looking back at my stats, I can’t help noticing that, even by 2015, I was excusing myself for long gaps between posts. I see that 2017 was the last year that I made regular posts. In the last 5 years there have been 30 short posts – none at all for the last 2 years.

It could easily be argued (I do so with myself sometimes) that I should quietly put the blog out of its misery and delete it. However, several thousand people a year visit the site and possibly find something of interest, entertainment – or even the exact thing they are looking for.

So I have decided to leave things as they are, at least for the time being. And thanks to those who have visited, even if only once…

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