Excellent. Great color, interesting interaction. Paul Paul
> On Apr 15, 2018, at 10:17 PM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@comcast.net> wrote: > > The crossed beaks may indicate a > Godwit duel is about to happen. > Interesting and well shot! > > J > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 15, 2018, at 5:58 PM, Subash Jeyan <pdml.l...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> a european/central asian migrant this time, the black-tailed godwit, >> which is a near-threatened species according the IUCN. >> >> there is a brackish water lake some 80 km out of chennai called pulicat >> lake (the lake has a long history and has been mentioned by Ptolemy. >> the tamil name is Pazhaverkadu and over the years it became pulicat (i >> suspect the british had something to do with this ;)). the lake, >> supposed to be about 759 sq. km., is a wintering ground for birds from >> europe, siberia and even canada. colonies of migratory birds can be >> seen in the mudflats and peat beds of the lake from december to roughly >> around march end. >> >> it is very late in the migratory season but were told by birding >> friends that still quite a few birds with breeding plumage could be >> seen. came away with a lot of photos and i think this is the best (or >> the one i like best). a pair of black-tailed godwits, one of them in >> breeding plumage. >> >> https://somethingfeathered.wordpress.com/2018/04/16/black-tailed-godwit/ >> >> comments, if any, are appreciated. >> >> ~subash >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
