We were having last years bonfire today... along with this years. Great fun, huge heat.... especially on a hot March day.
But as we were taking a well earned drinks break, I pointed out to Pauline a huge bird circling overhead... a lone
Black Stork [
Ciconia nigra]
Cigogne noire... it was probably using the heat from the bonfire to add lift to those huge wings.
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| The camera chose to focus on the moon... but who cares... beats a vampire any day! |
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| Here the stork is in focus. |
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| Right overhead... |
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| The sunlight gives it an almost "plasticy" look. |
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6 comments:
Amazing pictures Tim!
Woweeee! You lucky lucky things! and you know from a previous correspondence I forwarded to you just how rare these are in France - fewer than 200 birds.
We have seen them quite regularly around here... they are believed to nid in the Preuilly/Loches woods at Charnizay... that is the only place we've seen two at the same time.
They are also in the book as being possible nesters in Barrou, which includes a large hunk of the big Grand Pressigny woods... and that is the direction this one was headed.
Great Photographs - love the one with the moon!
WOW!!and WOW!! Lovely shot of the stork right overhead. Birds are putting on a show for us all aren't they :-)
Yes, we agree with Jim and Pauline - the shot with the moon is gorgeous!
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