Notes to readers of this Blog


NOTES TO READERS OF THIS BLOG

Thank you for dropping by to check out my blog. You will see a lot of other Blogs about birds I follow down the left hand side. I strongly encourage you to check some of these out as well, they are entertaining and I love to see birds from all over the world, I hope you do too.
Cheers,
Richard

Wednesday, 4 June 2014

A stunning Spotted Harrier and stunned by a (space junk?) object in the sky at Kintore

Late this afternoon I went for a short drive from the Kintore Community. I had a lovely experience with a Spotted Harrier who wanted to come down and check me over:

Spotted Harrier





I had moved off from this spot to another one about 100 metres away, when something large with black/dark wings fluttered from the ground and back down again. While I was (unsuccessfully) looking for this bird, I heard a quiet "bang" from somewhere behind me, and it was quiet. I looked around and then noticed a strange cloud formation that was 140 degrees across the sky overhead, with black trails to the east and a strange "head" to the west. I'm not sure what it was, and am a little bemused that I was chasing something I didn't see when above me was probably the most amazing sight. If anyone knows what this could have been please let me know. I am guessing space junk or something, just by the "tubular" cloud formation. (best seen in the third photo)




4 comments:

  1. Wonderful Spotted Harrier encounter and you captured it beautifully. Amazing UFO pictures too! I wonder if someone was testing something?

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    1. Thanks Russell, Spotted Harrier was certainly a treat. Saw 5 on the road from Alice to Kintore (about 535 kms, 7-8 hours) but didn't really get a decent shot of any of them. The one today was much more obliging. I have been told that more than likely it was a test jet or US fighter plane. Suppose I'll never really know :-)

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  2. Richard,
    You can expect the aliens to show up at your doorstep late some night. Great photos.

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    1. Thanks John, I have the keyboard ready with and have been prcticing the Close Encounters ditty.

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