Wildlife - Summer, Autumn 2008

[Michael J Campbell]

Anthony, are you training her to catch cats?

[annew]

a friend's brother (son of Jim Mcleod of band fame) had a litter of six

 

[Thomas Huber]

Last weekend we visited the Edersee and saw some vultures:

[Gerdk]

Last weekend we visited the Edersee and saw some vultures:

Thomas,
Thrilling pics of a vulture attack! I do hope you wasn't the target? 

Gerd

[Hans J]

Hi all ,

here some words to the dogs "Weimaraner"
that really special dogs ( a old race ) they are "Vorstehhunde" ....this means they show the hunter where the birds ( and hare ) sit - thats no "Hetzhunde" ,this dogs are only for hunters - not for normal people !!!
In Germany a serious breeder will give this dogs only to a hunter - they are hardy and they can kill fox, marten and similar - a other good thing is they are well for search blood ( if the animal is away after the shoot )
"Hetzhunde" are Beagles ,Foxhounds .....

Here is a pic of a Vorstehhund:
http://www.sabinemiddelhaufeshundundnatur.net/immagini/hunderassen/weimi/Sinan%20web.jpg

[TC]

Thomas
Great shots of the "Griffon vultures" ?  I have no idea of where the Edersee is and I am rather surprised that you have vultures in Germany.  I always associate them with Spain. They would be a nice addition to the U.K. bird list.
Yesterday I was watching thousands of Manx Shearwaters and a feeding Minke whale.  Slightly different from mainland Europen fauna.

[Slug Killer]

Old photo's I found the other day.

[Maggi Young]

Oh my word what beautiful puppies.... I see that the first one is showing a good aptitude for retrieving the stuffed rabbit 

[Thomas Huber]

Thomas
Great shots of the "Griffon vultures" ?  I have no idea of where the Edersee is and I am rather surprised that you have vultures in Germany.  I always associate them with Spain.

Tom, the Edersee is a wonderful local recreation area, only 40km North of Neustadt and 40km SW of Kassel.
There are several websites about the area, none of them in English, but Wikipedia has some lines about it.
In the last years more and more Dutch people visit the lake, too - must be for them like the alps for us 
There is also a protected natural area around the lake and a wildlife park where trained vultures fly over
the visitors heads 

Try a search for "Edersee" on Google Earth!

[Maggi Young]

Thomas, is this a link to the correct place?
http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=edersee&countryCode=DE#map=51.16579,9.04738|13|32&loc=DE:51.17201:9.05283:14|edersee|Hemfurth-Edersee,%20Edertal

I see an area marked National Park to the left of the lake 

[Thomas Huber]

Correct Maggi!
I forgot to mention, that it is an artifical lake.
The embankment dam is on the Eastern side of the large lake.

[Maggi Young]

Thank you, Thomas.... it looks a large park... fascinating that it is an artificial lake ... is it permitted to swim and have boats?

[Thomas Huber]

... is it permitted to swim and have boats?

Both allowed + diving.

[Maggi Young]

Ah, yes, diving... to escape the vultures, I suppose 

[Hans J]

I think the Eder dam was famous for something else?

Anthony - you are right ! ....
but I think only the "older" people will know what you mean ....