WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT IS LESS THAN HALF OF HIS TONGUE

and to think that isn't even half of his tongue

more than one female wood duck will leave eggs in a box then one of them will hack all the eggs and care for the chicks

I LIVE BY A SMALL POND WITH A LOT TREES AND BUSHES. THEY HIDE VERY QUICKLY.

I WAS LUCKY; NOTE REFLECTIONS

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THIS ONE ACTUALLY POSED

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THIS ONE LANDED ON A TREE IN MY DRIVEWAY

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MORE ON BABIES: AT FIRST I TRIED STAY AWAY FROM THE NEST BUT AS THE BABIES GREW THEY HAD THEIR HEAD OUT ALL THE TIME. THE PARENTS CAME ABOUT ONCE AN HOUR. THEY FEED THE BABIES FOR 3 TO 5 MINUTES THAN CLEAN OUT WASTE FROM THE NEST. THE PARENT WERE SHY WHEN THE BABIES WERE SMALL BUT FEEDING TIME BECAME MORE IMPORTANT LATER. THE BABIES GOT FED NO MATTER WHO WAS WATCHING. 30FT WITH A CHAIR, CAMERA(7D WITH A 70-300 LENCE) AND SCOPE WAS NOT A PROBLEM. I GOT FEW GOOD PICTURES OF THE PARENT FLYING OFF WITH THE WASTE.

We had 3 babies born in a tree less than 100ft from the house last year. The parents took 3 full days to dig the nest. The garbage truck with in 10ft of the tree didn't slow them down. They were quiet and secretive while laying and hatching the eggs. Once the babies got 3 weeks old they were noisy. The last 2 weeks the babies were giving the woody woodpecker laugh all day long. The whole was dug the end of April and the all left before June 15. This was in southern Michigan. I never saw or heard them the rest of the summer. I hear one this morning and saw it for 2 or 3 seconds has it flue by. I don't know if it was one from last year.

You left out that the average cloud weighs 50 tons

New Zealand has 15# limit on their carryons ( most bags weigh over 7# empty). I had a bag that the person by the gate thought looked heavy so she had me take my camera out and carry it around my neck.

they are alway worth a picture where they still exist

I wonder what the tax rate is in China. They do have a lot of new thing and someone is paying for them.

If you are going to East Africa which is the main area for safaris, you will be in a savanna not a jungle. Most(I would say 95%) of your pictures will be taken from a open truck with 4 to 8 people in it. The last time I was there in 2008 I had Panasonic FZ 50 it worked out very good. You will see animals up close. We had a lion under one of the truck to get out of the sun. The only snake I saw on 3 trips was in a bird mouth as it flue overhead. Take lots of storage and an extra battery. I am sure you will enjoy your trip. Would love to go back.

We been through there at night too. It was beautiful. NO ONE when to bed that night.

put millworms out and they will come back.
when they have babies,it is neat to see them get 8-10 worms in their mouth. the millworms attact other birds too so put them as close to the window as possible