Today?
September 6th 2024
Possibly the great finale? Sorry it's been a lot of images and waffle but, I had a fab day and I do like to share that experience, the White-tailed Eagles experience was just something else.
So. Where was I?
That second Eagle had just flown over my head....
I was almost over on my butt trying to photograph this bird as it flew right over me
Speechless? I've seen three eagles up here before over two and a half years or, the same Eagle three times but always at distance!
And so, the excitement over, I started trudging homeward. I was now walking in circles, head swivelling through 360 degrees...well, almost.
Back through the gates, back at the fallen tree by the burn ......
A Stonechat. I'd seen a family here recently so I hung around watching and waiting for a while.
As I headed on, I saw another bird join this one further off, typical.
A quick chat with a couple I meet from Forfar that I meet from time to time up here and I was off down the track, I tend to walk fast on the return, getting the exercise part of it.
I spotted a Cormorant fishing near the shore, I usually see a few here.
Onwards, the Rosebay willowherb had gone over and was now seeding heavily in the breeze, floofs everywhere.
A small group of Canada Geese flew up the water at low level.
I'd seen a few butterflies on my walk, Peacocks, some whites, a Small Tortoiseshell stopped long enough for a photo.
I charged on, made it to the car park finally, had a last look around, you never know but the final sighting was a very obliging Pied Wagtail in the car park, barely moving away as I approached.
I'd seen young birds over on the dam earlier.
So, that was it! Finally. 11:35, back in the car. I'd set off at 08:14. I great walk, great photo opportunities and the sun shone the entire time. What more could I have asked??
Thank you for all the comments and putting up with the sea of images, I cut out a few for this one
Who knows what might appear next?
Thank you William Parsons Your time will come it hadn't even entered my head when we moved back here!
Such an enjoyable account of your exciting outing with loads of wonderful pics, I now look like this ...
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
It was a fabulously special day for me WendyBartter don't get many of those in the year, I have no doubt you have birds n beasties that I don't get to see
Scozmos said:Thanks Mike B I was up there again this morning, not an Eagle in sight!!! What's that all about???
You know what they say about working with animals, it's the Kit Kat momentssssss
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler