A great new catch!

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Look at what I got on the rocks! The two Oyster Cathers at the back I know, but the one at the front is a new one.

I will also show you some other birds on the rocks here and one can never know what can suddenly appear at the beach.
We are not the sun-tanning types, as we rather enjoy walks on the sharp rocks to search for life in or on them.
Come and look.

The new grey bird is a "Eurasian Curlew" (Numenius aquata) and they are listed as "Near Threatened".
There were now three " African Oyster Catchers" (Haematopus moquini) behind the Curlew.
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What a beauty and I am so glad that I can tick him off my list of the seabirds.
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This Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) had a new funky hairstyle.
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Little Egret at the bottom and a Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) with a score to eat at the top.
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A "White-Breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus) at the right and a family of Cape Cormorants" at the left (Phalacrocorax capensis)
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Here's another look at them.
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So yes, this is what we call a break from the daily duties and the sea is an excellent medium to clear the mind and to erase the stress with it's salty air. A strong wind was blowing and we walked around with runny noses, as our brains were being dry-cleaned by the sea air.
All for free of course. What a bargain and a new bird to boot.

And That's All Friends!

Note: All photos are my own and taken with a Canon Powershot SX60HS Bridge camera.

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Those are lovely creatures. I'm sure they are looking for fishes to hunt down and feast on.
I like that hairstyle of the little Egret. Very crazy!😃

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Hahaha, they have been feasting for the whole day and they were taking a break here mate.
Yeah, maybe some of our youngsters here will copy that funky look.

Blessings.

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The Eurasian Curlew has got quite an interesting looking and long beak, but most I like the look of the Little Egret with his Mohawk and the yellow feet which look almost to me as if he had rubber boots on 😁

Cool shots as always, Zac, you're the bird master for me 👍

Btw, I have been on a short ride around town and the lake this afternoon. On a short stop I have seen some kind of bird of prey in the sky above me, but till I have got my camera out of my backpack it was already too far away and so I have got a shot of the meadow and the sky only, but I'm sure there's a bird somewhere on the trees in the back 🤣
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Hey, those are not yellow boots, they are the new Egret (Michael) Jackson sneakers.
This guy was sporting the last Egret fashions with his black socks and his retro hairstyle 🤣

Oh, I read your reply to Marian and she said that you are great for driving without your camera ready (hinting at me) and I say that now you have missed the only shot in the world of a flying Emu 🤣

But in any case that is a lovely shot my friend.

Cheers and thanks.

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Good afternoon Zac,

haha, where can I buy these? They would real eyecatchers 😂

While I was taking the camera out of the backpack I said to myself that I would be too late anyway like always, looked up and the bird was gone 🤣🤣🤣
Your wife is so very right with me, but not with you if I compare the amount of bird photos you have to them I have 😉
A flying Emu would certainly have been a sensation 😁


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Good morning Hannes,

You will have to find an Egret and put your order in for the yellow sneakers 🤣

It also happens to me only to see a fabulous something and when I lift the camera, it is not "On", so I miss the shot 🤣 I call them "Meant for my eyes only" instances 🤣

My wife was tring to tell me that I should put my camera away when I drive Hannes, as she then doesn't have to hold the steering. I am sure one of these days she is going to crash us, as she steers a bit erratically. I tell her to go left then she turns right and I miss the shot 🤣

Cheers and thanks.

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Good afternoon Zac,

you know I'm not you and I will never find an Egret - I think I will have to keep my black boots. The yellow sneakers might look cool on the black Harley though 😂

Now, do you really want a reply from a policeman when you say you're photographing while you're driving a car and you would blame your co-driver if you crash 🤣🤣🤣


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Good evening Hannes,

What a day and I haven't even done my second post yet. (Just did the first now)

Yeah, yellow sneakers, yellow socks and underpants, and yellow cap for when you get off the bike. We will call you "Mellow Yellow" 🤣

Well, the policeman is a mountain goat and he is very far away, so I can share all of my secrets with him 🤣
So, if we get caught and In have to go to court, I will simply deny everything like our polticians do over here when they get caught for corruption.

The judge will ask me what happenned and I will say that I don't know. as I was sitting on the back seat of the car. Now who can argue with that ? 🤣

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Good evening Zac,

don't stress yourself too much, my friend. I haven't had much time today either and will go offline in a moment.

I think I don't even have anything in yellow ... I remember I have had a yellow rain jacket once, but I don't think it still exists, so these clothes would change me completely - as long as Barry Manilow doesn't come over and sings I wouldn't mind 🤣

Well, you're very right, and the mountain goat would keep your secrets secret anyway 🤐

And what would you reply if the judge asked you who was driving? In that case you could say "an Austrian Mountain Goat was driving". If the judge asks the Austrian police to find me they will tell him that they can't find me, because some of the policemen know me, you know? 🤣


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Hahaha, it is highly improbable not to get stressed in this country Hannes.
Why would we allow a ship from India into our harbour to happily offload rice if all of the ship's crew have the new Covid variant?
3000 people are dying in India every day and now they have placed the ship under quarantine, but the crew has already worked on shore.

To beat this, a passenger that tested positive for Covid has landed here in a plane from India ???
I thought all passengers should have Covid free certificates ???
Now what about the other passengers and the airline crews???
We are comitting suicide if you ask me.

Nope, I also don't have anything in yellow, as I am scared that someone like Barry Manilow will come and hug me 🤣

Oh yes and I am also keeping the mountain goat's secrets, so that his wife doesn't hurt him 🤣

Now that is a great plan my friend. So I will indeed tell the judge that the Austrain mountain goat was driving and that he ran away. I just hope that the judge doesn't have a brother, or a cousin that is also a judge in Austria 🤣🤣🤣

Cheers and thanks.

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This virus is bad, really bad, but if the people would use their brain everything would be much easier and maybe we even would have defeated it by now. But as long as it all is as it is now around the world the fight will go on.

Haha, that would be a problem indeed - you never know whom people know around the world, and a judge would certainly overrule the police 🤣


!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Oh, yes Hannes, we are going to have to face many morec serious issues because of peoples no care attitude. I saw a picture today where a crying women was standing near a pile of wood that they have piled on top of her husband and set it alight to cremate his dead body.
What is happening to this world?

So yes, you better start saving in case an angry judge get's hold of you mate 🤣

Cheers and thanks.

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I think it will get even worse before all gets better. Let's hope that we will belong to the ones who will see this better world.

Haha, that reminds me on a story quite some years ago during carnival. I was a little bit drunk in a bar with colleagues. The bar was right beside the local prison and there was this quite young woman dressed like a b*tch and I told her that. She only looked angry at me and ignored me then. Later I was told she is a public prosecutor. The next days I have been waiting for a call from her office, but it never came. She looked nice, but her dress was unappropriate ... it was carnival though 😂😂😂


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Oh my goodness, so you go around insulting public prosecutors Hannes.
Do you think that she is going to forget that insult, or your face???

Then you have another think coming my friend as women are like Elephants and they NEVER forget insults. In fact they remember even the tiniest details.
Little things that you have forgotten years ago will emerge if you ever had to appear with her in court.

If I was you, I would rather move to another country or continent like Africa 🤣

You might pick up a lost pen of a colleague, that has sentimimental value to that colleague. They would take you to court and that woman would be waiting for you.
20 years imprisonment for sabotaging the printing industry without an option of a fine 🤣

So I better have a look around to see if I can find you a hut over here by us 🤣

Cheers and thanks.

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Haha, I don't think that she will remember that night - everyone was quite drunk. It happened quite some years ago and I wouldn't even recognize her if I saw her today. I have even forgotten her name 😅

But if what you say would actually happen, I would certainly be in a bad position ... 🤣


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Well if everyone was quite drunk you might even have had a game of rugby with her Hannes.
Maybe today she is walking around with a child and she doesn't know who the father was 🤣
A small mountain goat ? 🤣

So yes, If I was you I would hope and pray that I never see her again, even if I don't remember her 🤣

Cheers and thanks.

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If I had, I can't remember, and if I can't remember then I haven't played rugby and she won't remember me ... so easy 🤣
And I haven't seen a child running around that looks like a goat ... nor like me. You should see my son and compare it with a photo of me when I was in his age: twins 😁


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