Re: What's flying in Marseilles 2015
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 7:32 pm
Thank you, Charles, for the Aznavour birthday wishes.
I am a fan of your singing name-sake.
Chris
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Re: What's flying in Marseilles 2015
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 9:59 pm
Re: What's flying in Marseilles 2015
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 8:39 pm
A belated "Happy Birthday" Chris, was it a "special one"?
I was in the Bassin d'Arcachon in September 2007, whilst "doing" the west coast, the same year I retired.
The weather was sunny all the way down to the Picos de Europa in Spain, where it rained for 3 days, so we came back to sunny France.
Have a great 2016 Chris and no doubt will we speak again soon,
Regards Russ
I was in the Bassin d'Arcachon in September 2007, whilst "doing" the west coast, the same year I retired.
The weather was sunny all the way down to the Picos de Europa in Spain, where it rained for 3 days, so we came back to sunny France.
Have a great 2016 Chris and no doubt will we speak again soon,
Regards Russ
Re: What's flying in Marseilles 2015
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2016 10:10 am
Thanks, Russ.
It was my 55th, and I have mixed feelings about the passage of time.
Let's hope 2016 will be a good year for us all.
The weather held out for us in the area of Arcachon (we were based in Lège Cap Ferret).
I have a new Nikon D5200 camera which I must learn to handle, and which will no doubt require an assortment of excessively expensive lenses. I will not get rid of my trusty Panasonic FZ150 which may turn out finally to be a better all-rounder.
Apart from swans, these birds below were the only other wildlife we saw on and around the Bassin d'Arcachon. I still have to put a name to them:
Here are the famous Oyster farmers' cabins on stilts, on Bird Island:
Speak again soon.
Chris
It was my 55th, and I have mixed feelings about the passage of time.
Let's hope 2016 will be a good year for us all.
The weather held out for us in the area of Arcachon (we were based in Lège Cap Ferret).
I have a new Nikon D5200 camera which I must learn to handle, and which will no doubt require an assortment of excessively expensive lenses. I will not get rid of my trusty Panasonic FZ150 which may turn out finally to be a better all-rounder.
Apart from swans, these birds below were the only other wildlife we saw on and around the Bassin d'Arcachon. I still have to put a name to them:
Chris
Re: What's flying in Marseilles 2015
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2016 10:35 pm
Yes Chris, you don't want to wish your life away, but retirement is the best job I've ever had 
(By the way I'm 65 next month).
I too have just bought a new camera, 2 days ago, a Canon EOS 1200D with double lens kit, a 18-55mm and a 75-300mm, so I've a lot of reading and practice ahead of me, being technically illiterate
I think my Samsung bridge will still be in use for a while yet.
I'm awaiting a minor op. so I can't get away to Spain yet, I'm getting itchy feet with all this rain about in Lancashire, would you like any Chris?
All the best, Russ.
(By the way I'm 65 next month).I too have just bought a new camera, 2 days ago, a Canon EOS 1200D with double lens kit, a 18-55mm and a 75-300mm, so I've a lot of reading and practice ahead of me, being technically illiterate
I think my Samsung bridge will still be in use for a while yet.I'm awaiting a minor op. so I can't get away to Spain yet, I'm getting itchy feet with all this rain about in Lancashire, would you like any Chris?
All the best, Russ.
Re: What's flying in Marseilles 2015
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 8:41 am
I think the gulls could be Lesser Black backed an adult and a juvenile going by bill size and the yellow legs of the adult. Plus the second shot is a Coot.
Re: What's flying in Marseilles 2015
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 10:36 am
Thank you Paul.
That's cool, because even with a field guide in the hand, it is near impossible for a novice like me to distinguish between a juvenile of one gull species and the adult of a similar species. The bird learning curve promises to be more difficult than that for butterflies.
Thanks again,
Chris
That's cool, because even with a field guide in the hand, it is near impossible for a novice like me to distinguish between a juvenile of one gull species and the adult of a similar species. The bird learning curve promises to be more difficult than that for butterflies.
Thanks again,
Chris