Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Tribes of Burma

Up in the hills with rice paddies near Kent Kung in the Golden Triangle
this offering is at the gate of the animist Ann village
with typical wooden houses
and storage for the crops
a young mother smiles but her daughter...
needs a little while to laugh...
each one...
all of them...
charming
I recognize the Shaman seen 8 years ago and
 his wife with black teeth brushed with charcoal
The next day,seen from the tuk tuk on my way to...
an Akha village
with traditional teak wood houses
where I was welcome by a grandmother
while a young boy rode a bull

to cool off and relax in fresh water
I met them on my way to...
I
their Akhu village
with smiling kids and...
a pipe smoking grandmother
this house in the next village has a huge TV antenna
a man hand makes basket
a mother cooks for the family
kids are smiling...
Charming...
...and smiling
near Loikaw a Padaung woman with her 24 rings necklace...
invites me in her house to see her daughter
a younger long neck woman comes...
followed by two more.

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Falcons and Hawks of the Rocky Mountains

The rare and beautiful gyrfalcon (gerfaut) 20" or 50cm is very rare and the fastest hawk
with a wingspan of 48" or 120 cm...
flying at 60MPH or 100 kmh it preys on birds
and ducks
it can change direction quickly
is almost transparent in the air
the red tail hawk (buse a queue rousse) 18" or 45cm
ready to land on the rock
flying...
 away from us...
to disappear behind the autumn foliage
the Peregrine Falcon(faucon pelerin) is 20"or 50cm large
flies very fast
it has a wingspan of 40" or 100cm
is ready to land
on the perch
The Kestrel(Crecerelle) is the smallest hawk: 8.5"or 21 cm.
It has 2"whiskers"on each side of the face
flying to reach...
the perch
the rare caracara
and the merlin (faucon emerillon) with its prey
the feruginous hawk (Buse Rouilleuse) is bigger with 20" or 50 cm
it can swallow big prey with its large mouth
and the Goshawk (Autour) the only Hawk with red eyes