Good Evening,
I have never been to Maryland before so this will be an interesting journey for me.
Dave, if you send me your e-mail address by PM I will send you a photo of hte Martial Eagle and a few other interesting birds we saw in Botswana and South Africa. One was Pels Fishing Owl, a large brown owl that, you guessed it, feeds on fish. They are quite rare and we were lucky to see them on all 3 trips to the Okovango Delta. In our own yard, a large flock of Juncos has arrived. Always nice to see them on their way up north.
We are looking into doing another Africa trip next year but it is unlikely it will be back to Botswana. They have jacked up the prices substanially and as it is in US dollars, that adds close to 40% on the cost for us. We are now looking at Kenya. We were there in 2011 and 2007 but weren’t into birding at the time so there is a whole new dimension to any return trip there.
Ran the 0-8-0 again today. I will make up a train with it and see if the light Mike is behaving. The chuff sound cuts out on it. BLI sent me a new chuff sensor that they said would cause the problem but I haven’t installed it yet. I have a few small kits to assemble and think I will put together an Atlas platform kit that I plan on putting by the harbour spur for the tourist train.
Time to go down and watch more skating. The World Figure Skating championships are on right now. We recorded them so we can skip all the commercials.
CN Charlie