Rainy Day Woman 12 and 35 - Bob Dylan

Doubt there were many, if any, that were not confined to barracks by the ‘slings and arrows’ of outrageous Ciara yesterday! After the wide-ranging and productive day that was Saturday, we didn’t even step outside of the opulent comfort of Slight Return II but this also may have a silver lining. Not a cop-out, but a plan to keep things going, we present for you delectation a ‘Baker’s Dozen’ of wildlife shots from all corners of the globe. It feels like, just taking a peek out of the door this morning, that things may remain the same on the morrow!

First of these images is significant in that not only is it

First in Line here, but also the First Foreign Bird on my 

World List

 CRESTED LARK

Masirah Island, Oman
(during a diving contract)

MacGILLVRAY'S WARBLER
Yosemite National Park U.S.A.

ASHY TAILORBIRD
Darussalam, Brunei

FLOREANA GIANT TORTOISE
Galapagos

SHORT-TOED LARK
Buchan Alpha, Floating Oil Production Platform, North Sea
(125 mile north east of Aberdeen)
"we were expecting it"

 GENTOO PENGUIN
South Georgia, Antarctica

SINAI ROSEFINCH

Mount Moses, Egypt
(find the Camel dung, find the bird)

 CLIFF SWALLOW
Creamers Field, Fairbanks, Alaska U.S.A.

BLACK-FACED SPOONBILL 
Pingtung, Taiwan

CUBAN TODY 
Zapata Swamp, Southern Cuba

NORTHERN GIANT PETEREL
Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand
The advice from Mark Forster had been "if you go that way seek out
Captain Gary Melville". Don't fail to do this when you get down there!

HOUSE FINCH
Essaouira, Morocco
(nostalgia trip following the trail of Jimi Hendrix)

13th andFinal

GUARDELOUPE WOODPECKER
endemic of that parish
fabulous bird - fabulous guide