No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley and the Wailers (Finalè)

 It would seem, at first glance, that Charlie and Julie Anderson had invested their

 New Found Fame and Fortune

SCARLET MACAW

(by no means a)

SNAIL KITE

wisely into a home that was once accommodation for Senior Officers of United States Forces in the

suburbs of Panama City.

(conventional garden)

BURNISHED BUFF TANAGER

in a crescent of similarly designed houses.

WHOOPING MOTMOT
Unarguably the COOLEST place in the Country let alone the City from certain vantage points the

PANAMA CANAL
could still be seen and even a

DARCETA SPHINX HAWK-MOTH

A hearty welcome indoors - Charlie and Billy

RED-EYED GRASSHOPPER

Charlie (eager to show us his recording studio) and Moi

WATTLED JACANA

The Full Anderson Crew

COLLARED ARICARI

A bit of a 'sing-song' in the studio, just up my street,

SPOTTED TODY FLYCATCHER

afterwhich, a visit to his nextdoor neighbour whose hobbies included

nursing back to health sick and/or injured
HARPY EAGLES
(the largest Eagle on that continent and one of the largest in the World)

He told that he recieved an average of c3 each year, of these near threatened

and declining birds of prey, and when brought back to full health would present the survivour
to one country or another. This individual was detined for Coosta Rica.

STRAIGHT-BILLED WOODCREEPER
We had enjoyed one hell of a time, but the afternoon was getting long, and being dropped outside of an icecream parlour we of course 'did the honours' but the day was not over for me.
While Billy returned to the Guest House I wander further into town to pick up one or 2 things, but picked up one thing that could not have been imagined.
There stood in the middle of a very busy road was a lady trying to coax a

TREE-TOED SLOTH

back to the safety of the jungle.

With both of us reluctant to touch it we did manage to get it to cling to this 

crowbar and get it to the verge.

From there it did rather look as if it was trying to hitch a lift but,

with a little gentle pocking and proding was returned, hopefully to stay in its
Natural Habitat.
Hands up all of those who have had 3-toes Sloth 'in the hand'?

THE LAST of the RASTAS

No Surprises - Radiohead

 The last remnants of the

WANING MOON
accompanied by Venus leaving the early morning sky, the new day was heralded by a

TAWNY OWL
providing the vocals in the tree right next to Slight Return II

Having not activated the Moth Traps on the Heath, again due to impending foul weather, we were pleased not to have done so with those closer to home as within was a

right on time and 'first for the year'

RED-GREEN CARPET

From there onward it was a case of
No Alarms and No Surprises - as Radiohead might put it, but as ever there was something to please both ear and eye.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If72soXwgSM

From this

to this

The 4 patches mowed in late Winter have more than fulfilled thier function, as the cuttings were transported to other sites in Dorset where it is hoped the seeds with take hold and in years to come form new heathlands and........

We have had some amazing views of

WOODLARK

across the year but nothing like these 2 little beauties yesterday!

Of course there were

STONECHAT

Onward to the Solar Panal Compound where we were met by a posing

RAVEN

STARLING

PIED WAGTAIL

GOLDFINCH

JACKDAW

Once again we don't feel it is WE who should be apologising for the lack of coordination across this post, as once again we point the finger in the direction of the provider as being not fit for purpose!

Yellow - Coldplay

 The scarcity of a vocal and overflying

SKYLARK
as the first bird of the day would have been enough to slake our thirst

for the rest of the wander, but its popularity and scarcity value was to be short lived!
Having been an Asdic (later to become Sonar) Operator in surface Warships and Submarines alike, probably the best of my senses is my hearing, it was just the rest of me that they had to amputate! Even before the above had disappeared there was the quiet calling of a

YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER
coming from the nearby bushes.

which is an extremely 'rare' bird across the whole of the Recording Area.

Only the second to be found in the garden here

with another along the Sewerage Works Fence a couple of years ago

puts the grand total at just c3 over a 14 year period. This find also coincided with a 'fall' of the species across Portland and with no more than fleeting glimpses the 'stills' come from the Buchan Alpha Oil Rig, where they were anual and quite numerous and the 'clips' from the Somerset Levels 2 years ago. Well, it was safe to say that we were not going to be able to upstage that but hanging around Slight Return II for a while did produce a few minor returns.

The STARLING flock is

murmurising again, as a

GREY SQUIRREL

appeared to have located a

food source as the first of the 'heavy mob'

BEOING 737 

owned by Maleth Aero now plying cargo on a daily basis between
Bournemouth International Airport and Dublin.
followed by a record number of c7

PHEASANTs

were watched scurrying across the lawn while yet another

GULFSTREAM - G650 belonging to the

Bahrain Royal Fligh
has also been put through its paces seemingly after something og a refit.

No need to go any further, but the pull is too strong and we did find the

MUTE SWANs
at the Irrigation pond still tugging reeds to the Island.

Met at the gate to the Heath by the

OLD ENGLISH WHITE
steer

munching away but thereafter nothing, but we had alraedy done
Very Well!

We once again thank John Gifford for the Aircraft Info.