https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/tags/grooteschuurhospital/ Recent content in Grooteschuurhospital on The Singemonkey Hugo en-us Tue, 31 Jan 2023 16:38:13 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2023-01-31-today-marked-two-years-of/ Tue, 31 Jan 2023 16:38:13 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2023-01-31-today-marked-two-years-of/ <p>Today marked two years of our weekly bird count at the Liesbeek Confluence. Terna has had me up for it at 6:30 this year - excruciating for me except that it’s close to the dawn and the light is beautiful. Also Ana had hot rooibos tea and it was a treat sitting on the grass with them and looking out at this familiar scene.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2022-07-26-this-scene-again-it-was/ Tue, 26 Jul 2022 11:59:11 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2022-07-26-this-scene-again-it-was/ <p>This scene again. It was a three kingfisher day today - Pied (which we see most days), Malachite (we see these little jewels maybe every three counts or so), and Giant (seen more rarely - although this lady has a fave spot in the willow so maybe we&rsquo;ll see her again next week). This in a place that shills for the developers love to pretend is a ruined, lifeless dump.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-07-14-another-dawn-by-the-black/ Wed, 14 Jul 2021 12:48:22 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-07-14-another-dawn-by-the-black/ <p>Another dawn by the Black River, looking to the confluence where the Liesbeek joins it. I&rsquo;m still waiting for my new lenses because Fedex is a garbage company. Hopefully soon though. If I&rsquo;d had the wide lens I could have included the full rainbow that went along with this scene.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-07-06-no-otters-down-by-the/ Tue, 06 Jul 2021 11:44:27 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-07-06-no-otters-down-by-the/ <p>No otters down by the river. But great flights of ibis - including two flocks of Glossy Ibis; about a dozen each.</p> <p>Might be getting new lenses for the little XE1 today. Excited about that.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-01-20-ive-joined-a-tiny-bird/ Wed, 20 Jan 2021 10:24:58 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-01-20-ive-joined-a-tiny-bird/ <p>I&rsquo;ve joined a tiny bird group to monitor the presence of birds where the Liesbeek River meets the Black River. Once a week we go out to this spot on the Black River in the morning and spend 5 minutes noting every species we can see and their numbers. Yesterday was a two kingfisher day with a trio of Pied Kingfishers fussing just on the right edge of the Liesbeek mouth and a Malachite Kingfisher I didn&rsquo;t see (I was taking notes and, when I thought I saw it later, was asked if I wasn&rsquo;t looking at a Morning Glory flower - I was 😂). Despite being an urban river system, it&rsquo;s bursting with wildlife.</p>