Yes, he influenced me greatly. So much so, I wrote Razor In The Wind, the second prose poetry novel about nature, featuring falcons.

We saw several!

Well..., somebody has to!! But, seriously I feel privileged.

Is this a Furrow Bee sp.? Can it be identified? @ianbeavis.bsky.social

Privileged to have met the local man - farmer & bee keeper - who, singlehandedly, has planted all the trees in this video. He also supplies & empties the dustbin in the car park here.

Beachcombing New 'bomb' in place in the garden.

Anyone know what this is?

Every home should have one: Sperm Whale vertebra!!! #Whale #bones #interior-design

And a pair of Painted Spurfowl

Black Kites above & below - I'm on the 5th floor - then Common Babbler in the local park - which, despite its name & my extensive travels, was a tick!

A pair of Plumbeous Redstarts

Amen

Adding this!

And 9 Common Cranes this morning!

Here's another of exquisite colouring. Less than a cm long.

Micro wildlife in Zanzibar: These tiny (c.2mm) ants feeding on a drop of jam. This beautiful & active jumping spider, able to jump 20 times its length!

It's a wild life here in Zanzibar!

Grey Wagtail today, where the Egret was yesterday!

It's back!

A Little Egret took off from the now partially flooded garden, beyond the Magic Tree!

Ooh! I could add some to my bedroom beams!

And this just a few minutes ago!!!

The singing pipe organ gatepost was on fine form this morning.

Hobby Update: ad m. feeding the young on dragonflies. Better views of the juvs show there is a m. & f. V poor photo of ad & juv m. together. Also: Clouded Yellow! #birds #birding #RazorInTheWind #@spurnbirdobs.bsky.social