<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b0dcb5e1-01e3-4aad-94ca-5a768b443714/67C057F5-07A9-4358-954C-502EECEFD4D2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2009/1/17/flights-of-fancy.html" href="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2009/1/17/flights-of-fancy.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.wildernessdiary.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2009/1/17/flights-of-fancy.html"><P> One of the wonderful things about our house being set on the edge of a precipice, falling away to the river below, is that we are eye to eye with the birds as they pass by on the wing...and often we even get a bird's eye view of the birds themselves! </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2009/1/17/flights-of-fancy.html"><P> It's impossible not to wonder at the beauty and diversity of these feathered creatures, and yes, I suppose to envy them their freedom a little too. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; 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border: none;" cite="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2009/1/17/flights-of-fancy.html"><EM>A gorgeous Black Stork, on a winter's visit from Europe</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2009/1/17/flights-of-fancy.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.wildernessdiary.com/img/88FA16F6-D4B4-4C90-B069-A9C5E49EB4A6" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2009/1/17/flights-of-fancy.html">Spur-winged Plover</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2009/1/17/flights-of-fancy.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.wildernessdiary.com/img/1DEF5E28-6D51-4DB9-8A20-105357F55F74" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2009/1/17/flights-of-fancy.html">Blue-cheeked Bee-eater</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2009/1/17/flights-of-fancy.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.wildernessdiary.com/img/62FB44A8-8AB2-41B1-AEFA-10DF69F8F36D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2009/1/17/flights-of-fancy.html"> Goliath Heron</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2009/1/17/flights-of-fancy.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.wildernessdiary.com/img/E06935DB-2CB4-4E31-A1D5-E7A470F48ED1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2009/1/17/flights-of-fancy.html">A female Bateleur Eagle (the aerial acrobat of all aerial acrobats</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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The immature birds have dark eyes, in contrast to the white-yellow eyes of the adults. Here's one of the young ones finishing off our Christmas pudding: </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2009/1/17/flights-of-fancy.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.wildernessdiary.com/img/D3CED2B3-5007-4EF0-B2A5-87C596B62437" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2009/1/17/flights-of-fancy.html">they are as comic as they are colourfu</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2009/1/17/flights-of-fancy.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.wildernessdiary.com/img/E2A3D362-6B0C-421B-BF83-4A527CA66B39" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2009/1/17/flights-of-fancy.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.wildernessdiary.com/img/A75A3521-A917-448B-A6CA-8AADF6D2ED51" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2009/1/17/flights-of-fancy.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.wildernessdiary.com/img/F6935F97-9DFA-4366-86A2-A776C92C232A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2009/1/17/flights-of-fancy.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.wildernessdiary.com/img/711308D6-FE5E-4E67-97F5-5599AF35940A" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/67C057F5-07A9-4358-954C-502EECEFD4D2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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