The Birds and the Bees
04 August 11
Posted at 5:47
Today's photoblog focusses on flight. Three images of birds that I took whilst in the Camargue recently. The Parc Ornothologique near St Marie is just brilliant. And first of all a humble Bumble Bee shot on a sunny day while I supped an ice cold beer in my garden.
I took a few dozen shots in order to get one with some reasonable focus, could have been the fault of the beer I guess! Not sure if the addition of a macro lens would help with this sort of photography. Anyhow for now there are bigger calls on my dosh.
The next image is a Pink Flamingo attempting take off
Fascinating birds and there are lots of them wild in the Camargue. Their pink colour comes from the small shrimps that they feed on constantly. Grey when they eat them but pink when digested (cooked!!). Next up what I believe to be a Sacred Ibis..
Coming into land on it's nest it looks as though it's about to crash. Last of all a Grey Heron, also landing.
It doesn't look too elegant with it's landing gear down. There is an abudance of herons of all types in the Camargue (I believe this is a Grey Heron). They are far less timid here than the ones that control the population of fish in my pond at home.
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