Monday 31 August 2009

Marazion Marsh

We spent a couple of hours walking around Marazion Marsh to-day, as did a lot of other birders, looking for the Citrine Wagtail and Spotted Crake. Managed to get the Wagtail (pity about the grass), but no sign of the Crake. There was nothing else about except for these lovely Migrant Hawkers.


23 comments:

  1. Nice clear images, couldn't believe the Citrine flew off just as I got there. A lot closer than this mornings pictures!! Well done.

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  2. That is brilliant, Citrine Wagtail at its best.

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  3. It was showing well just after i got there this morning but i dipped on the Crake as well John. Had a Sparrowhawk rip right through as well when myself and Bob were lokking for the Crake..

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  4. well done with the photo's! A real scarce bird, nice one.

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  5. Excellent images, once again, John/Sue.
    That also applies to the previous post.

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  6. Wow superb shot of the wagtail, it is a beautiful bird!

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  7. Never heard of this wagtail? You nailed it with great photos. Very cool..

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  8. Beautiful photos! The wagtail shots are supurb. This is a new bird for me. There are a few wagtails in Alaska but not in the Interior. I like the dragonfly photos too. Very nice!

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  9. Excellent photos, especially the Citrine Wagtail. Oh, and the new layout looks great!

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  10. Hi John Great pics really like the Citrine Wag, Spent a couple of hours there this morning,but nothing seen of the Wag or the Crake have to try again later in the week.

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  11. The photos are excellent! I've never seen a Wagtail. Love your photography skills.

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  12. Great shot John. Lovely clear image.

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  13. Fabulous shots John. Love the Wagtail.

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  14. Thankyou for this blog. I have got to get going again on the birding, Excellent photo's.
    Sam

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  15. Well done with the Wagtail, lovely photos too. I enjoyed catching up with the great pics on your last few posts and was very sorry to hear of the computer crash and loss of your photos, I think we all dread that!

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  16. I love how you posted the lovely shots side by side! Wonderful!

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  18. Thanks everyone for your comments.
    Following advice from several of you we found our blog pics.for 2009 in Picasa and worked out how to download them back to our computer. They came back perfectly sized (not thumbnails),so now all we have lost is stuff that was never on the blog.Big sigh of relief from John!
    Thanks for all your help.

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  19. Great shots of the Cit Wag, nicely showing the ID features. I was gutted for you to read about your computer crash, that happened to me a while back and I lost all my unbacked up shots! Now I keep a load of DVD's to burn copies of all my shots to.

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