Another Mixed series of pictures

[kgb224]

Here is 3 pictures from Yesterday and one from my Backup Compact Disks.
Picture 1 - Something growing on The outside wall of the Control Room, Picture 2 - Moth on a window inside the Control Room, Picture 3 - Silhouette of a Swallow which flew past very close to me and Picture 4 - Egyptian Goose captured on Camera at Austin Roberts.

[jack russell]

knowing the size of a swallow I have to rave over the capture .. very nice set

[kgb224]

Thank You my friend.
I cropped the picture but yes the swallow flew past me very close to me.It could have been 2 or 3 arm lenghts.I am very satisfied with that capture.
It is the only descent capture i got from the Boiler House Roof. Our station is back in comission so i cannot venture to the Boiler House Roof any more.I did get some stunning captures from there though and i am glad i could capture some pictures from there.
Thank you for looking and commenting.

[Vinam]

Very unique set KG, a while ago I saw another version of the plant growing out of the brick wall .. I like your perspective. I've shot quite a few Swallows , not so easy.. you captured a really nice wing shape.. good job !

Vin

[kgb224]

Originally Posted by Vinam

Very unique set KG, a while ago I saw another version of the plant growing out of the brick wall .. I like your perspective. I've shot quite a few Swallows , not so easy.. you captured a really nice wing shape.. good job !

Vin

Vin thank you for commenting.
As you said it is very difficult to capture swallows in flight.
Try as i might i couldn't get any more descent swallow captures at the same spot Yesterday.
The plant growing on the wall i found looking out of the last window in our Control Room so i gave it a shot and this is the end result.

[jofrost]

kgb ,

Nice set ! Really like the last two . Those swallows can sometimes be quite aggresive birds . I fly small electric RC planes , and once my plane ( an old WWI model ) got attacked by two of them They obviously must have thought it was a bigger bird moving in on their territory . A few angry swoops into it and they took off ...

TFS,
-John

[kgb224]

Originally Posted by jofrost

kgb ,

Nice set ! Really like the last two . Those swallows can sometimes be quite aggresive birds . I fly small electric RC planes , and once my plane ( an old WWI model ) got attacked by two of them They obviously must have thought it was a bigger bird moving in on their territory . A few angry swoops into it and they took off ...

TFS,
-John

John some swallows swooped already over me here at work as well and i could see they were aiming for me.
We do have a lot of swallows around here at our work nesting here on our buildings.
I will try to capture more swallows on camera as soon as i have my 70-300mm Sigma Lens.Hopefully i will receive a new one as my Sigma lens broke 3 times already. I will maybe know during the week if my lens will be replaced.
Thank you for looking and commenting.

[jofrost]

Originally Posted by kgb224

John some swallows swooped already over me here at work as well and i could see they were aiming for me.
We do have a lot of swallows around here at our work nesting here on our buildings.
I will try to capture more swallows on camera as soon as i have my 70-300mm Sigma Lens.Hopefully i will receive a new one as my Sigma lens broke 3 times already. I will maybe know during the week if my lens will be replaced.
Thank you for looking and commenting.

kgb,

Off Topic:
Broke 3 times already Maybe I should reconsider that 50mm Sigma Macro I've been eyeing

-John

[alphasco]

Nice images. I do like the colorful duck. Don't think I've seen one that color.

[kgb224]

Originally Posted by alphasco

Nice images. I do like the colorful duck. Don't think I've seen one that color.

Egyptian Goose - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae, and is the only extant member of the genus Alopochen. mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data suggest that the relationships of Alopochen to Tadorna need further investigation (Sraml et al. 1996).
Two or three species of Alopochen from the Madagascar region have become extinct in the last 1000 years or so:

• Mauritian Shelduck, Alopochen mauritianus - Mauritius, late 1690s
• Malagasy Shelduck or Madagascar Shelduck, Alopochen sirabensis (may be subspecies of A. mauritianus) - Madagascar, prehistoric: see Late Quaternary prehistoric birds
• Réunion Shelduck or Kervazo's Egyptian Goose, Alopochen kervazoi - Réunion, c.1690s

Parent and goslings

This 63–73 cm long species breeds widely in Africa except in deserts and dense forests, and is locally abundant. They are found mostly in the Nile Valley and south of the Sahara. It has also been introduced elsewhere; Great Britain, the Netherlands and Germany have self-sustaining feral populations, the former dating back to the 18th century, though only formally added to the British list in 1971. In Britain, it is found mainly in East Anglia, in parkland with lakes. It was officially declared a pest in the UK in 2009.^[1]
This is a largely terrestrial species, which will also perch readily on trees and buildings. It swims well, and in flight looks heavy, more like a goose than a duck, hence the English name.^{[citation needed]}
This species will nest in a large variety of situations, especially in holes in mature trees in parkland. Egyptian Geese usually pair for life.

Gosling


The sexes of this striking species are identical in plumage, though the males average slightly larger. There is a fair amount of variation in plumage tone, with some birds greyer and others browner, but this is not sex or age related.
Egyptian geese typically eat seeds, leaves, grasses, and plant stems. Occasionally, they will eat locusts, worms, or other small animals.
Egyptian geese were considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians, and appeared in much of their artwork.
The Egyptian Goose is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
Its generic name looks like Greek ἀλώπηξ + χήν = "fox-goose", referring to the color of its back, but with a Greek language error: the linguistically correct form would have been *Alopecchen or *Alopecochen.

Thank you for looking and commenting.
We have many of them here in South Africa and in Pretoria even here at our work as they are mad about water.