Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Molting

No, I haven't been on some wonderful vacation. I've been without internet access for two endless weeks. All is well now, with a new dish on the roof and a new modem--and it's much faster than before which may help with former blogging frustrations.
Anyway, now that I'm back I'll show you some of the pictures I took in the meantime.
Here are some birds losing their feathers in their pre-migration molt. Actually none of these will be migrating, but they still get a nice new set of feathers at the end of the summer. They don't look all that great in the process though.







5 comments:

  1. Really beautiful Bruce especially the second one.

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  2. Welcome back and that chickadee has to be the cutest thing I've seen in a long time :-) Great shots! It's so interesting to see the birds molt and get all prettied up for winter.

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  3. I forgot to add that the travelogue on my trip to Kruger National Park is going to be on my blog over the next few days, I had to do it in a few parts, and I know you were wanting to see the pics.

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  4. Welcome back Bruce! Glad you got that issue straightened out and are back posting. It's funny to see them looking all "bedheady" at the end of the season. :c)

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  5. what stunning photos with such a lot of detail................looking forward to seeing more photos.

    I'll email you when I get a minute.

    Gill from Canada

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