Nice house sparrow. Looks to be identical to those seen here. Paul
> On Aug 1, 2020, at 5:48 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Dave. Yes, a calm, rather warm, "winter's day". Apparently all the > English House Sparrows in SA originate from some which escaped from an Aus. > bound sailing ship. Can't imagine why they were being taken to Aus. > > I haven't posted any shots but we "intersected" two herds of at least 500 > Buffalo & a slightly smaller herd of Wildebeest all headed to drinking spots > on a river. You just have to be patient & wait! > > Alan C > >> On 01-Aug-20 10:14 AM, David Mann wrote: >> I like that pano. Must have been a calm day for those reflections. House >> sparrows are common as muck around here (I've always assumed they're common >> everywhere). >> >> That creosote photo reminds me of the time I coated some timber for the >> garden with linseed oil. I didn't really enjoy it that much. >> >> Cheers, >> Dave >> >>>> On Jul 31, 2020, at 11:47 PM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Trying again. >>> >>> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >>> Subject: GESO: Fish Eagle Terrace >>> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 11:06:24 +0200 >>> From: Alan C <[email protected]> >>> To: Pentax Discus Mail List <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> >>> Yesterday we went on a day Lockdown excursion to Mopani Camp situated about >>> 100km N of the Phalaborwa Gate in the Kruger Park. We were self sufficient >>> (just in case) but were treated like royalty when we, the sole visitors, >>> arrived. Lunch on the Fish Eagle Terrace was a memorable occasion. A few >>> shots: The impressive entrance with Baobab tree; An immigrant - English >>> House Sparrow; A worker busy painting the wooden terrace structure with >>> creosote (there was recently a bad accident when part of the terrace >>> collapsed because of termite damage) & a 4-frame Pano of Pioneer Dam. >>> Regrettably the two bird hides at the other side of the dam are still >>> off-limits. Please scroll along. >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/50172564081/in/datetaken-public/ >>> >>> All with the K5 & HD 55-300 >>> >>> Perhaps I will do another post with some of the animals we encountered. >>> >>> Alan C >>> -- >>> 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. -- 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.
