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elsa hoffmann

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Me garden again
« on: August 20, 2015, 12:31:13 »
I live in a beautiful place

Photographed this morning

Please don't complain about the bright spots - I was shooting through very many branches and had no other vantage point. And I mean LOTS of branches and sticks

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Frank Fremerey

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Re: Me garden again
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2015, 13:03:26 »
I definitely need a Garden. Plants and Animals.
Thank you for sharing these intimate insights in to your personal
wildlife!

The colored birds in the first two shots appeal to me
most.
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Re: Me garden again
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2015, 13:51:15 »
Amazing Elsa.

The first (and second) bird looks like the Cape weaver Ploceus capensis. We never see them in Europe ;)
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elsa hoffmann

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Re: Me garden again
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2015, 14:09:10 »
Thanks Frank and John
It is the Cape Weaver - and we have many of them. I have at least 10 nests currently around my property - but obviously at least half is abandoned
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Frank Fremerey

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Re: Me garden again
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2015, 15:23:26 »
No Cats? We have so many free roaming house cats that song
birds are scarce. Little sofa killer tigers. I love cats but I like to
have them kept away from songbirds...

do not know a solution yet
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elsa hoffmann

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Re: Me garden again
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2015, 15:30:34 »
Remember I stay on water's edge - these trees over hang the water - and the branches are plentiful but thin - cats cant get up there
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Re: Me garden again
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2015, 16:25:36 »
More good stuff Elsa. I've been working on my garden this week. My garden isn't as natural or wild as your garden, (no otters), but is it very relaxing and full of butterflies and Hummingbirds.
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Re: Me garden again
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2015, 16:28:50 »
#1 Bird exercise? It is a great shot !
I also like #2

the brown birds are nice but pale in comparison to the bright yellow fellow you show in the first 2 images
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Re: Me garden again
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2015, 16:30:26 »
Quote from: armando_m on August 20, 2015, 16:28:50
#1 Bird exercise? It is a great shot !
I also like #2

the brown birds are nice but pale in comparison to the bright yellow fellow you show in the first 2 images

LOL ... Push-Downs?
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Frank Fremerey

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Re: Me garden again
« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2015, 17:03:34 »
Lucky you
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elsa hoffmann

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Re: Me garden again
« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2015, 17:08:10 »
Thank you you nice men :)
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Re: Me garden again
« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2015, 19:49:05 »
Elsa you put me to shame!

Stunning.
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elsa hoffmann

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Re: Me garden again
« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2015, 20:13:16 »
Peter - thank you - but I disagree :)
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Re: Me garden again
« Reply #13 on: August 20, 2015, 21:38:40 »
#1 is mighty fine. No reason for discarding the rest, all documenting a fine bird.
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elsa hoffmann

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Re: Me garden again
« Reply #14 on: August 20, 2015, 21:46:01 »
Thank you Airy - the bird will be pleased
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