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Wild Goose Chase

27/1/2015

A nice crisp winter day with glorious sunshine, so we had to get out to the coast and enjoy it! The shoreline itself was pretty quiet, but a pig farm provided our first highlight - a murmuration of Starlings that gave a spectacular aerial display in broad daylight. The flyover of a Peregrine might have had something to do with that.
Our second highlight was quite different - a field of very obliging Pinkfeet, that were intent on feeding and drinking, so completely ignored our car parked at a gap in the hedge. It was also a four raptor day with lots of Buzzards, a Sparrowhawk, a Peregrine and lastly a Kestrel.

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A Prickly Encounter

7/1/2015

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We are not long back from Panama where we spent Christmas.

Lots of wildlife as you would expect but perhaps the best encounter was with a Porcupine. Rothschild's Porcupine is a Panamanian endemic although not considered endangered. I guess this is because is not confined to primary forest. Nevertheless, it is nocturnal so even our guide was very pleased to see it during the day. It was sleeping on a branch in the mid-day sun. As we were able to wait, we did and it began to sniff (us). Slowly it awoke but even then didn't raise the head - too much bother. A cloud went over briefly giving better light for a photo. Its always satisfying to walk away and leave your subject where it was found and so that's what we did.

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Wild Goose Chase

A Prickly Encounter

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