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  1. 16-03-2009 #1
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    Quite intriguing to watch, not sure how successful this one was at Purley on Thames, as they swam off in different directions afterwards.
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  2. 16-03-2009 #2
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    Fantastic captures Rolf . Well don .Excellent
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    Have uploaded an animated GIF of the event.

    http://www.thamesvalleybirds.co.uk/o..._courtship.gif

    It's 6MB so will take a short while to load. May be better to right click the URL and download it.
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    Excellent. Really good
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    Absolutely wonderful, Rolf!

    So you didn't get much work done that day?
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    Took a surprisingly short amount of time Catherine, was only down at the river for an hour. Prepping the photos however, took a bit longer.
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    Well, they were well worth the time spent doing that!

    (I know what you mean by the time taken to prepare the photos for posting, Rolf. Glen has taken his camera work SO seriously that I have hardly had ANY time at all on the computer this week!)
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