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For those of you who enjoyed the still of the migrating Sandhill Cranes, here is a video I cobbled together of the same event. If you listen carefully past the wind noise, you will hear the cranes calling. I shot a still of this event located at www.ipernity.com/doc/821673/33490147

This little Merlin is being examined after I found him unable to fly in what I suppose was a collision with a plate glass window. They took good care of him and after he lost his baby feathers, he was released back to his parents. To see a still from this event: www.ipernity.com/doc/821673/33752063 To see him released back into the wild: www.ipernity.com/doc/821673/33752171

Merlin gets discharged from the rehabilitation center after a month of recuperation. We took him back where we found him as a juvenile. The volunteers at the center said that the parents will find him and teach him to hunt. We did not receive so much as a thank you from the bird. A video of his physical exam: www.ipernity.com/doc/821673/33752109/in/album/686033 A still from his exam: www.ipernity.com/doc/821673/33752063/in/album/686033

The goats in Corsica generally walk on the correct side of the road. Since we were in a rental car we hoped that they would be polite and they were. This was a surprise to us for in Canada the domestic animals are fenced in. We faced about a kilometer, or maybe more, of these guys coming the other direction. One of the many joys and surprises in visiting Corse.

The sparrows were enjoying an autumn bath with lots of splashing.