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There's a bird just to the left of the post, on the water's edge.
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Bird 1.
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Bird 2.
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Bird 3.
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Bird 4.
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I had a hard time trying to age these birds as they all seemed pretty worn. Eventually I managed to see that the bird with the brightest cap (on the left) was in primary moult and therefore must be an adult.
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All the others showed uniform flight feathers and I therefore aged them as 1st winter birds.
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A solitary minivet was flying around, so I had to check it out in case it was my second 'Swinhoe's' of the day - nope - just an Ashy!
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The other highlight of the afternoon was a group of 8 Smooth Otters. I never managed to photograph them when every head was up, but 7 out of 8 ain't bad!
Such amazing pics!! I missed your quality reports, and it´s nice to read you again.
ReplyDeleteRegards from Spain.
Jesus.
Sorry Jesus, for the lack of recent reports - it's been a challenging half year for me, and I've been out in the field very little as a result.
ReplyDeleteGood to see the Swinhoe's Plovers... I still haven't quite got the hang of identifying all but the MOST "white-faced" ones.
ReplyDeleteCooool Otters !