The Thin Line Between Love and Haiti - Part VI

Today's post is simply a pictorial of downtown
Port au Price
on any given day and like we are sure most of you will have witnessed such
things during your own travels.
This is not a competion of who has seen the worst, but in my own experiences of 148
countries over 50+ years this was had and shoulders more acute than any seen before. The good news was that while these people were 'down', they were by no means
OUT!

General City Bustle

The Chemist

you can purchase a single Asprin if needs be

Petrol by the Pint

not at all unusual across 

South East Asia

Shoeshine, absolutely irresistible to me wherever in the world

My party piece is to pretend to run off before returning and paying more

fortunately it never backfired on me!

Soup Kitchen

The Water Wagon

you can purchase any amount from a sip to a lorry load

This image speaks a THOUSAND words to me, if this is part of the 

National Bank????

A visit with Ernso to meet his disciples,

visit his place of worship, a long, long way from what went before

but if you believe in such things the message will still get through

It is always harrowing to see Wildlife couped up

but you do have to ask yourself
"what would I do under the same set of circumstance"!

Has the Spring Sprung?

Well, with the new month having crept in, with it came a

Little New Joy

as to kick off day 2 we found an

 EARLY THORN

in among the half dozen cluster of usual suspects

A Butterfly-like Insect which is not given to opening its wings while at perch,

we have to content ourselves with a side projection

 Another Lamb on the loose but this time with great skill and dexterity

it was me who managed to repatriate it with Mum

A very sunny and warm afternoon was ideal for another shot at 

Pheromoning for Emperor Moth 

which enroute, overlooking the already crowded stand, our trip coincided with the arrival of the

 BIG BOYS

 "There's a 747 coming out of the Night" - Saxon"

with c5 in all being squeezed into the already cramped conditions.

Made a bit of a cod's of the video but it was certainly the sound of

Cash Registers Chinking

once main engines were shut down.

Otherwise, a brace of

SKYLARK

on the heath were the birds of the day as we don't remember ever recording them landed there before?

Seemingly well satisfied with the large grassy areas of the adjoing Airport itself there is little need to stray.

The Coot still sits firmly at the Irrigation Pond on what we hope to be eggs and which may form the first new arrivals of the year for the Recording area.
Otherwise, the

 LITTLE GREBEs
are getting 'in the mood'

 as chasing each other from one end of the
Gravelpit
to the other, and yes he 'will' catch her eventually!

but not this time sonny

Now where's she gone?
More peromoning for Emporor Moth in the bright and warm Spring sunshine,
 but again without success

 while

PIED WAGTAIL
 find time for a spruce up

 and a feed while the

 MEADOW PIPITS
just stick to the later

(now you see it, now you don't)
in the now abandoned 
Solar Panel Compound
with the Sheep having been move to another area.
While there's no knowing when the next addition will be made to the list,
it seems somehow rewarding when it does, so the small squadron of c4

 SHELDUCK

 flying across a clear blue sky

was a welcome sight.

Before leaving the compoud some bird activity was noted across
the area of 'scrub' known as

The Triangle
and where 

STONECHAT
are only occassionally seen despite this ideal habitat away from the Heath

they have never yet been recorded breeding here

this pair looked like they were into the throughs of it already?
We will be watching!

The Thin Line Between Love and Haiti - Part III

Not in my humble oppinion 

'Maidens' Finest Hour but Bearable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu5LjnmYvp0

 so an alternative, which may not fit with the narrative and images, might be

attached to the next episode!

It somehow seemed wrong to be enjoy a sumptious al fresco meal that first evening

 while semingly everyone beyond the gates were starving,

 but like my company at dinner (another US citizen and Samaritan) Jane, who was also there 

attempting to make things easier for the local population.

Time to do a bit of exploring after a very early breakfast, but not before 

getting a few pointers from Ernso.

 The whole of the huge garden was well appointed holding many 

flowering plant, bushes and trees, plus a wealth of bird life

(this being the front)

such as

 TROPICAL KINGBIRD

 ZENAIDA DOVE

BLUE-GREY TANAGER

and the ubiqitous

BANANAQUIT

while the back was given over to a variety of gentle sports, not least

SWIMMING

plus another array of Birdlife such as

one of my personal favourite Yanks

CAPE MAY WARBLER

but more particularly when in this

'adult summer plumage'.

 The Businessman at Work

 VILLAGE WEAVER

found across much of Sub-Saharan Africa from where it was introduces,

a huge colony of which were just across the road.

More construction going on around the pool and the odd sighting of 

the more than nifty

OVENBIRD

named from the construction of its nest.

Rock 'n' Roll Trivia:-

'Maiden' have had a chequred career as far as personnel are concerned but, along with maybe the vast majority, the current line up is favoured by myself. They comprise of 3 Lead Guitarists - Dave Murray, Janick Gers and Adrian Smith with the drum stool occupied by 'snooker freak' Nicko McBrain. Vocalist Bruce Dickinson is also a long-haul Passenger Airline Pilot while bassist Steve Harris was the original founder of the band back in 1975 and composes most, if not all, of their music!

Try this for a considered better track from 

The Maiden's

 'Out of the Shadow'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqE2GFDlc6w

 "A gypsy child at daybreak a King for a day"!