Lagger Falcon Stars during Exceptional Day
What a Weekend! With overnight frosts and beautifully, clear and sunny days, the conditions in Islamabad on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th January 2013 were perfect. The quality of light was phenomenal and this plays an important part of both watching and photographing birds. If this Blog has not already tempted you to watch birds in Pakistan, then the quality of photographs that my esteemed birding colleagues have produced during the past weekend will surely lure more people into the field. My apologies for the tardiness in updating this week’s Blog but the lightening quick (not) broadband took forever to download the photos. In the early morning light we made our way along the “Margalla Road” that was bordered by gassy verges white with frost. Just before the Shalimar Cricket Club huge numbers of Flying Foxes (or Fruit Bats) made up the daytime roost that is always present at this time of year. As the sun had just started to rise above the horizon we arrived at the eastern shoreline...