https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/tags/nikon200500mm/ Recent content in Nikon200500mm on The Singemonkey Hugo en-us Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:06:33 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-09-15-a-first-for-me-the/ Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:06:33 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-09-15-a-first-for-me-the/ <p>A first for me: the eerie Bathawk (if I&rsquo;m not mistaken). I WAS MISTAKEN. It’s apparently a brown morph Honey Buzzard. Well there you go… Who knows what circumstances in its youth led to an ordinary hawk leading a double life fighting crime in this frightening guise?</p> <p>We&rsquo;re home after the usual exhausting trip across the country - notwithstanding a wonderful time in Jozi with <a href="https://instagram.com/sophdex">@sophdex</a>, <a href="https://instagram.com/ezlemoen">@ezlemoen</a>, some lovely parents, and many cats and dogs. It took all of one minute in Observatory during which we were both inside for some rando to try steal the lens which this picture was taken with out of the car. He was <em>most</em> offended that I was suggesting that his reaching into the car, opening a bag, and trying to secret the lens under his arm implied that he might have been attempting to <em>steal</em> it. The nerve of me to suggest such a thing! I think he actually believed himself too.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-09-12-another-very-common-bird-in/ Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:47:59 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-09-12-another-very-common-bird-in/ <p>Another very common bird in The Kruger National Park: The Yellow-Billed Hornbill. And again, although they&rsquo;re everywhere, they&rsquo;re always fun. So full of arch, suspicious character and long glides just at windscreen level.</p>