Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/black-storks-house.gif?pictureId=909077This is not a great shot of our house, but I thought I would include it anyway, as it is fun to have the rare and shy Black Storks in the foreground. I took this photo while we were watching <a href="/journal/2007/11/18/22nd-october-2007.html">crocodiles devouring a buffalo carcass</a>, just up-river from the house.http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/ruff%2025oct07.gif?pictureId=925038<a href="/journal/2007/11/20/25th-october-2007.html">Writings from this day...</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/ruff-02%2025oct07.gif?pictureId=925041<a href="/journal/2007/11/20/25th-october-2007.html">Writings from this day...</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/ruff-taking-off%2025oct07.gif?pictureId=925042<a href="/journal/2007/11/20/25th-october-2007.html">Writings from this day...</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/ruff--wood-sandpiper-04%2025oct07.gif?pictureId=925039<a href="/journal/2007/11/20/25th-october-2007.html">Writings from this day...</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/wood-sandpiper%2025oct07.gif?pictureId=925044<a href="/journal/2007/11/20/25th-october-2007.html">Writings from this day...</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/ruff--wood-sandpiper-first%2025oct07.gif?pictureId=925040I love this shot (even if I say so myself!) <a href="/journal/2007/11/20/25th-october-2007.html">Writings from this day...</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/three-banded-plover-ripples%2025oct07.gif?pictureId=925043<a href="/journal/2007/11/20/25th-october-2007.html">Writings from this day...</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/jackobin-cuckoo-02.gif?pictureId=912843It's not often you get the chance to photograph the elusive Jacobin Cuckoo, and as you can see I only managed to get this very poor shot...for want of anything better, this one is being included in the gallery! <a href="/journal/2007/11/21/3rd-november-2007.html">See what else happened on this day...</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/jacobin-cuckoo-01.gif?pictureId=912844Another bad shot of the Jacobin Cuckoo...<a href="/journal/2007/11/21/3rd-november-2007.html">See what else happened on this day...</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/cuckoo-silhouette-01.gif?pictureId=912068I photographed this Cuckoo in silhouette against the dull morning sky from my bedroom balcony. <a href="/journal/2007/11/22/19th-november-2007.html">What else happened on this day?</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/swallows-collecting-mud-02.gif?pictureId=911981Both the larger Mosque Swallow (left) and the Lesser Striped Swallow were collecting mud from the drenched Hippo Lawn to build their nests. Find out <a href="/journal/2007/11/22/21st-november-2007.html">what else happened on this day...</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/swallows-collecting-mud-03.gif?pictureId=911982Find out <a href="/journal/2007/11/22/21st-november-2007.html">what else happened on this day...</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/swallows-collecting-mud-05.gif?pictureId=911983Find out <a href="/journal/2007/11/22/21st-november-2007.html">what else happened on this day...</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/swallows-collect-mud-river.gif?pictureId=912045The Swallows are nesting: here you can see them collecting mud from the riverbank to build their nests. <a href="/journal/2007/11/22/19th-november-2007.html">What else happened on this day?</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/glossy-striped-swallow-22no.gif?pictureId=915275The feathers on this Lesser Striped Swallow were so glossy in the morning sun. I photographed it from the kitchen window. <a href="/journal/2007/11/23/22nd-november-2007.html">Read more news from today...</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/kitchen-swallows-22nov07-b.gif?pictureId=915276These Lesser Striped Swallows seem intent on building their nest in our kitchen. Taking such an interest in our ceiling fan does not seem such a good or safe idea to me... <a href="/journal/2007/11/23/22nd-november-2007.html">Read more news from today...</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/kitchen-swallows-22nov07.gif?pictureId=915277On the fan again! <a href="/journal/2007/11/23/22nd-november-2007.html">Read more news from today...</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/swallows-in-rain-22nov07.gif?pictureId=915278Two Wire Tailed Swallows (left) and a group of Lesser Striped Swallows sit out the rain on an exposed branch over the river. <a href="/journal/2007/11/23/22nd-november-2007.html">Read more news from today...</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/wire-tailed-swallows-rain-2.gif?pictureId=915279Two Wire-tailed Swallows huddle up against the rain on this wet morning. <a href="/journal/2007/11/23/22nd-november-2007.html">Read more news from today...</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/jacobin-cuckoo-silhouette-2.gif?pictureId=916451I was pleased to get this image of a Jacobin Cuckoo (also known as the Black and White Cuckoo) in silhouette against the bright afternoon sky. <a href="/journal/2007/11/27/26th-november-2007.html">News from November 26th 2007...</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/diederik-cuckoo-swallow-16d.gif?pictureId=938091This year, there have been more Diederik Cuckoos (one seen here at the top of the picture) than normal. <a href="http://www.wildernessdiary.com/journal/2007/12/17/16th-december-2007.html">News from 16th December 2007...</a>http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/bee-eater-18dec07-e.gif?pictureId=943536http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/bee-eater-18dec07-f.gif?pictureId=943537http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/bee-eater-18dec07-g.gif?pictureId=943538http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/diederik-cuckoo-b-05dec07.gif?pictureId=950695http://www.wildernessdiary.com/picture/diederik-cuckoo-c-05dec07.gif?pictureId=950696