Egypts wild life,and clamorous wild children

Talk about playing hard to get this beauty just would not come close and keep still long enough to get a decent photo of  it was the only dragon I saw  and have seen for a few days now but at least I saw it  I am sure its the same species as   http://egyptdragonflies.blogspot.com/2009/11/big-dragon-is-in-town.html
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even though this canal had hardly any water in  there was loads of fish 
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These goats have found a fresh supply of clover, 
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And these wild animals have found a man with a camera ,  there are no houses here  only straw huts  so all of thesed kids live like wild animals  and act the same, they live with their parents in the rubbish that is dumped here from the garbage of Luxor city the place stinks  not just of garbage but the dead animals that are taken from the centre.    but this is a place a heard there is a strange bird  nobody really knows if the noise comes from a bird or animal.  they  have no interest in finding out its just there and they live near it,  not far from these noisy  children I heard what I first thought was  some  animals mating , as I was trying to find out where the noise was coming from these other little animals started to throw stones in the almost dried bed of the waterway and two small birds flew out of the reeds.    now I knew what I was looking for.
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Clamorous reed warbler , Acrocephalus stentoureus,   and believe me it is clamorous,
 and very hard to photograph, always in the thickest part of the reeds near the waterline. but then it came up for air. and I had to take 4 or five shots in quick succession. before it disappeared  again. 

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 I have traveled miles upon miles looking for the  Crested Lark  now I have a long range zoom lens.
 here near the sugar cane harvesters they were in abundance, these  shots were taken within 10ft, and could have been just as good shots with my normal lens. but that's wild life and I am pleased to say so unpredictable.   makes birdwatching fun,  and gives my old bones plenty of exercise,




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I have held this photo back for a while mainly because its  a little blurred and looking again  I rather like it so i am sharing what looks like a single winged   squacco heron in flight. 

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Lots of fish in the murky waters of the almost dry canal bed 
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night heron  keeping a beady eye on the Welshman with a big lens 

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The fan tailed warbler. this tiny bird has a lovely trill sound as it flutters from  stem to stem. i am sure it was curious as to who was watching  it stopped long enough to adjust the lens to get a few shots