Nice. The species which are familiar to you are “exotic” to most of us. The plover has markings similar to what’s known here in the Midwest as a killdeer.
-p On Sep 9, 2018, 12:59 AM -0400, Alan C <[email protected]>, wrote: > Thanks, Subash. Apart from the Three Banded & some Blacksmiths, there > was nothing to see. I think the receding waterline, free of vegetation, > may be a factor. > > Alan C > > On 08-Sep-18 04:45 PM, Alan C wrote: > > I went for my weekly drive to Sable Dam this afternoon. Very hot & > > dry. Hardly saw anything (2 Giraffe, 2 Elephants, some Dassies, 4 > > Kudus & a few birds - not a single Impala). Sable Dam is still about > > 40% full so should last out to the rains which are only about 2½ > > months away. Here are shots of a Three Banded Sand-Plover on the edge > > of the dam & a browsing Kudu Cow (scroll right) just inside the > > Phalaborwa gate: > > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/43642504485/ > > > > K5 & HD 55-300. > > > > Alan C > > > > --- > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
