South America: Final thoughts

If you followed all 10 parts, thank you! I appreciate all your comments and likes. Pulling my notes together for family and friends is always a labor...
 

South America Part 10: Easter Island

This will be the last of the travelog posts, although I will have a couple of more things to say.

Our last full day on Rapa Nui we had...
 

Eyes Right...



Courting Couple

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Jenny Wren...





On the Afon Gwili...

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Gooses in Flight (GIF)..:)





There were two, but this one came out best, Canada Goose...

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Brimstone Butterfly



First of the Season...

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South America Part 9b: More Easter Island

Ater lunch we visited one of the most interesting places on the island: the quarry, Rano Raraku. It’s a crater on the lower slopes of Mt Terevaka. The...
 

South America Part 9a: More Easter Island

Today was a very full day as we visited several more sites on Rapa Nui. I'll break it into two parts.

Our first stop was Ahu Vaihu, once
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A wander through the woods...



GX7 with the Zuiko 17mm in the Swansea Valley
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robin on a bench (with Ian )

one from Saturdays jaunt with Ian a robin patiently waiting for us to arrive , weirdly enough out of 3 shots of this bird the focus points indicator shows...
 

Robin - first 150-600 test shot

This is my first test shot with the new-to-me 150-600, shot at 600mm, hand held, ISO 2000, 1/800th, f/6.3 (so not stopped down). The robin and feeder...
 

South America Part 8: Easter Island

After a day in Santiago, we arrived on Easter Island, named by the island's first recorded European visitor, the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who encountered...
 

Running Crab Spider — Genus Philodromus

This morning I brought in a hummingbird feeder to clean and refill. I haven't seen any yet, but they have been spotted in South Carolina so hopefully...
 

Goldcrest in Conifer

Goldcrests are attracted to conifers, which is unfortunate as it makes it extremely difficult to get a clear shot of them. I stood watching this one for...
 

First Slow Worm of the season....



Taken with the TG-7...

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