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March 12, 2007
An Avian Admirer
As I've mentioned before, I'm not much of a birder, but the more I take pictures of them, the more aware I become of what differentiates one from another.
Size, feather coloring, beak shape, habitat, coloring of talons... Just knowing what details to mentally (or physically) record help a lot in identifying it later.
Still, I'm a take-a-picture-first-before-it-flies-away-while-I'm-trying-to-unpack-Sibley's kind of girl. I'll ID the bird later, at home. Or I'll let my long-suffering assistant (aka my husband Shane) do it while I'm shooting.
Nowadays, I've actually come to like birds enough that I even have a favorite group (actually a Suborder: Alcedines) - the Kingfishers. This cute little guy is an African Pygmy-Kingfisher (Ispidina picta) and I took this picture just outside our tent at Finch Hatton's Safari Camp in Tsavo National Park, Kenya.
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Actually, I think if you'll recall from a story you just LOVE to tell, I tend to be the one fumbling for the video camera before the you-know-what gets away. :p
Kingfisher's are amazing birds! I had a really great time watching them fish. Before I had seen that, I really hadn't realized that other birds besides hummingbirds could hover like that.
Posted by: Shane Conder | March 12, 2007 11:04 PM
Shane is referring to the fact that while we were being attacked by a troop of monkeys, he was rummaging through the trunk of the car for the video camera.
Posted by: Lauren Darcey | March 12, 2007 11:20 PM