Neglecting my birds

No not really its just that its been too hot here In Luxor for me and for some of the birds,
 I tend to stay indoors   they seem to Hide  as soon as I do go out, its also too hot to sit around waiting hoping the bird  seen will come back . they are also birds I have photos of anyway.  but every time I do go out I see numerous birds  the little white   Squacco  Cattle and Large white Egrets are always here  as is the Plover  Whoopoe,  Sparrows  and the Nile valley sunbird Not forgetting the Laughing doves and kestrels.

the birds I put on here now will be at random and just from the days sightings.starting with this Water buffalo cleaner the Cattle Egret  this Little egret is always in the dry fields especially if the farmer is cutting or turning the fields, it will be near cleaning the land of bugs it is not a water bird. does not seem to like getting its claws wet this shot was taken  5 minutes after the buffalo settled in the water, where it waited on the bank  while its fly attractor settled down. the next shot is  of the donkey   in contentment with its cleaner getting the flies off its face especially around the Eyes  this One was running back and forth mother and baby cleaner. soon the baby will have its own cleaner,

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As I said before in past blogs  the Egret can take a fly from the animals eye without touching the skin of the beast.  Here the donkey has a cut on the back leg that is attracting the flies, just watching in a mater of seconds its  picked several flies from the wound.

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This is one just for Bob Bushel . its on at full frame  and size. so if you want to download it Bob first click to Enlarge. then right click and,     save image as..

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some of the little white egrets prefer to hunt and be on their own.  and give a crow like squawk  when disturbed. Its like!go away with that camera squawk.

   

Then there are times they will  all go to the fields  these fields  have been flooded for the past 2 months and only have little water as the Nile recedes.  leaving fish trapped in the  murky waters  . the other times they hunt togeher is when the farmer  pumps water ti irugate his fields   fish get sucked up in the pump  and end up in the field thats being watered.

 

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The Squacco and the little white Egret.

 

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Plover  usually they are in Pairs  this one was making out it had a nest  lots of noise trying to get my attention.

usually this means the female is on a nest somewhere nearby.

look as she settles as if nesting.

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Graceful prinia is still here and giving the occasional. chase me. see if you can get a good shot.

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Whoopoe bird  in full frame. 5 ft away from the camera awkward to adjust if i moved the bird wold fly away

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The next frames are of the Juvenile male Nile valley sun bird. it will be another 6 months before he gets his full plumage and long tale.

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next frames are the female Nile valley sun bird.

  

these are very small birds as you can see by the size of the bird next to the wilting mallow flower