Back again!!! Op HERRICK XVI
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 5:20 am
The offer of Afghan citizenship is in the bag and I now find myself back in the same place I left some 21 months ago. Bastion has changed considerably; there is a runway on my old patch and the perimiter is now larger than Reading! As such, I am still trying to find an area to bird and will look at a suitable location once I get a vehicle.
Currently there are more Coffee Shops than bird species! Having tasted the best coffee Afghanistan can offer whilst mulling over the lack of bird species I can only be disappointed when comparing birds seen in January and February 2010 to those of this month. To date I have found a number of Tree Sparrow colonies, a Laughing Dove, numerous Crested Larks and 200+ Crowned Sandgrouse which were buffeted in strong winds during a vigil for a lost comrade last week. A flock of bounding finches were too distant to identify two days ago; schoolboy error for not carrying my bins with me at all times.
Mammals are present in the form of Mice in my hooch and I am considering the possibility of a Longworth Mammal Trap to see what we have. It's too cold for Butterflies or Dragonflies you'll be glad to hear.
I am off out in the next few days and will hopefully pick up things then. Watch this space.
Here we go again!
Currently there are more Coffee Shops than bird species! Having tasted the best coffee Afghanistan can offer whilst mulling over the lack of bird species I can only be disappointed when comparing birds seen in January and February 2010 to those of this month. To date I have found a number of Tree Sparrow colonies, a Laughing Dove, numerous Crested Larks and 200+ Crowned Sandgrouse which were buffeted in strong winds during a vigil for a lost comrade last week. A flock of bounding finches were too distant to identify two days ago; schoolboy error for not carrying my bins with me at all times.
Mammals are present in the form of Mice in my hooch and I am considering the possibility of a Longworth Mammal Trap to see what we have. It's too cold for Butterflies or Dragonflies you'll be glad to hear.
I am off out in the next few days and will hopefully pick up things then. Watch this space.
Here we go again!