Woken-up by fighting Gymnogenes.

We have a Gymnogenes or African Harrier-Hawk (Höhlenweihe) nest, at some 100m or so NE of our house. Nice birds to watch but this morning they were busy chasing the youngster out of the nest and were soooo noisy . . . Did you know: - The Gymnogene is the only animal/bird which can bend/flex the knee in both directions!

Young Gymnogene

Mother Gymnogene with young (left)

Duster "Full - House"

Below are a few more pics of another Renault Duster with the upgraded suspension and 29.5in tires. Further, the Turbo-Diesel engine has been chipped to 104KW and 345Nm! A bit too much for my liking though. I prefer more something around 95KW and 310-315Nm torque.

Duster mit dem Taubenreuther Umbau.

Schau mal hier. Es sieht nicht schlecht aus aber mir gefehlt der Umbau von IronMan besser.

So es ist geschafft die BF – Goodrich T/A KO 215 70 R16 sind am Duster und das mit TÜV – Segen Na Endlich :)

Kiss of death . . .

While playing around with my new Nikon P520 camera, I came across this: A fairly big spider and a wasp, were fighting each other. At a time it looked like the spider got the wasp packed up. But then, all of a sudden, the wasp curled right around and managed to sting the spider. Seconds later it was all over. The wasp grabbed the almost death spider by its head and it looked like it tried to take it somewhere. Obviously, the spider was too heavy to be flown and the wasp dragged it around for a while (when I took the picture it was going backwards, up a vertical wall). But then the wasp succumbed too. It dumped the spider and tried to fly but it couldn't. A few minutes later it too was dead. What a life . . .

My Home town from 1000m up

It was a nice, 70min flight. I knew it will be a bit turbulent and as usual, the W-NW wind did not disappoint. But I also knew what I have to do to make the flight enjoyable :D After taking off I climbed to 500m. There was still some turbulence so I went even higher. At about 700m I crossed the inversion layer. What a pleasure. With the turbulence gone, I could concentrate in taking some 50 odd pics. Below are a few samples. The flight was uneventful (just as I like it). However, with the sun getting higher and the wind stronger, I knew I will get  a bit of shaking on the way down. Nothing major though. At about 300m I got into a broken thermal. Nothing major once again but for a man like me which hates roller-coasters, even a bit of turbulence is unwanted :D

Relaxing Holiday . . .

My family doing what it does best . . .

NOTHING :-)