*In English after the photos
Ühel kõrvetavalt palaval
ja loiul päeval, kui õhk seisis ja tuul kleepus, nägin vee ääres kivil kükitamas
pimestavalt valget siidhaigrut. Sinna muulile otsustasimegi istuma jääda, et jälgida
tema tegevusi. Ta oli ilmselt jahil ja passis kalu.
Varsti maandus tema lähedale
üks noor tõmmukajakas ja see ajas haigru veidi tigedaks, kukal tõusis turri ja
kael oli nagu oda, hirmuäratava nokaga eesotsas, kuid kajakanooruk ei saanud
midagi aru ja oli edasi. Varsti sai haigur ka aru, et kajakas ei mõika ja ei
teinud temast enam välja.
Veider oli neid kahte nii lähestikku näha, sest alles
siis nägin, kui habras ja väike on siidhaigur. Kodumaal olen näinud küll ja
veel halle ja hõbehaigruid, aga mõlemad on ikka täitsa suured.
Siis äkki märkasin, et naaberkivil
toimetab teinegi haigur. Mõlemad ootasid kala ja mõlemad said ka kala. Minust ei
lasknud nad endid häirida, olin ilmselt piisavalt kaugel ja kui lahkusin, jäid
nad kividele tukkuma. Neil on väga kiftid jalad (:
See oligi minu viimane linnupostitus São Migueli saarelt, järgmine linnupostitus saab olema midagi muud.
Ma tänan kõiki, kes on blogi jälginud!
Ma tänan kõiki, kes on blogi jälginud!
siidhaigur, Egretta garzetta, Little egret, silkkihaikara
Atlandi
tõmmukajakas, Larus fuscus graellsii,
Lesser black-backed gull, selkälokki
Atlandi
tõmmukajakas, Larus fuscus graellsii,
Lesser black-backed gull, selkälokki
Ole siis seal ...
It was such a hot day, the air was standing still and the
wind was sticky. That’s when I saw on a lava rock near the harbor mole a little
egret. It was fishing. And it was bright white. This was the spot to sit a
while and watch egret’s doings.
A few moments later a young black-backed gull
landed at the top of the rock and this was something the egret didn’t like at
all and it showed it. Neck like a spear with its terrible sharp peak and all the
feathers up on its head. But the young gull didn’t understand and soon the
egret also saw that and it gave up and didn’t pay any attention to the gull
anymore.
It was a bit weird to see them together, only then I saw how fragile
the egret is. In Estonia I’ve seen lots of gray egrets and big white egrets and
they are big, compare to the little one.
Then I noticed that near by there was
another little egret and they both were fishing and they both got fish. I didn’t
seem to bother them, I was in a safe distance. When I left the hot rocks they
were both having a nap.
They do have
cool legs (:
This was my last bird post from São Miguel. next time it'll be something else :) Thank you for reading my blog!
