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Author Topic: Wildlife July 2011  (Read 8241 times)

Anthony Darby

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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #120 on: August 14, 2011, 09:53:23 AM »
That's the way to draw them down from the tree tops Davey.
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Peter Maguire

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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #121 on: August 14, 2011, 10:13:12 AM »
That was the only one I saw when it landed on a damp patch the path in front of me, and I only had time for one picture.
Had I known about the urine trick, I might have found it there when I returned down the path half an hour later.  ;)
« Last Edit: August 14, 2011, 11:03:26 AM by Peter Maguire »
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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #122 on: August 14, 2011, 11:08:55 AM »
Anthony,

Heaven is a good way of describing it for the naturalist. On the two full-day trips I made to a nature reserve and national park, my time there was limited as I was always stopping on en route to look at something interesting, and the smallest of patches of waste ground in the corner of a cultivated area would have a high density of butterflies. Something we never see in the UK these days, nor in other parts of western Europe - I have just returned from seven days in the Savoie Alps, and say maybe twenty butterflies in a week.
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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #123 on: August 14, 2011, 11:24:10 AM »
Beautiful images Peter ... I shall return to them when I can view them all without the aid of this damn magnifying glass.
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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #124 on: August 14, 2011, 09:05:53 PM »
Peter,
fanastic wildlife - thanks for the beautiful images. I'm glad still some 'untouched' places exist.   
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Re: Wildlife July 2011
« Reply #125 on: August 14, 2011, 09:39:52 PM »
Gosh Peter, I'm in heaven.  8)

Better send me a new address then. I didn't realize you'd moved from Ak.

Wonderful pictures Peter, of birds and butterflies that we will never see here. I guess that's what Anthony means. :)
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