Random wings
Off we go with another edition of SMAP, and this week we could post whatever we wanted, because it's free theme week!
It honestly made the task a tad more difficult, having to think on what theme to choose! Since I'm posting at deadlines and with crazy work weeks... nothing like some randomness!
Why have I chose these photos? Honestly, no ideia. Some just popped in my mind as i was browsing the archives, others were very recent and still in my memory, some brought back cool memories. Oh well, any reason is valid to post bird photos, right?
Like this one. One of my favourite photos from last vacations, after a bittersweet taste: I went to visit a natural park, hoping for a great birdwatching session at a lagoon that I had visited almost 20 years ago. Well, no more laggon now: completely dried! Glad that bee-eater came along to cheer me up, and with a meal on its beak!
This one belongs to the good memories ones. Birdwatching with good friends in Alentejo, and the second time in my life I've seen this species. Funny as it is, the first time I saw it was just a few km away, visiting those same friends... but almost 10 years ago. Time flies!
And this one, is one of the most common birds in Alentejo. Walking in those huge fields, it's very hard not to hear these little guys. Here, one decided to pose for me as well.
The rice fields of Bali were also a source of good photos and memories. I got busted by the munia, trying to snap photos while he and his friends were busy feasting.
Another one from last vacations: the elegant black kite.
Overlooking Doñana natural park. I normally see them scouting the ground from high above. Here, probably the fact that I was doing a tour in a big truck that they are likely used to see, kept him from flying away. He was probably in a nostalgic moment, perfect for some photo captures.
Leacving with a "quack", from one of my best mallard photos.
A beautiful male, overlooking a partially frozen lake in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Hope you enjoyed some randomness. Let's see what have you came up with! 🙂
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Great choice for the entry, although the other photos are equally awesome.
Bee-eater is in my list, I have only seen them flying and making rather big noise. 🙂
Great spotted cuckoo is so rare as far as I know.
Wonderful photos indeed and the last one with the duck is like a painting.
Good thing about bee eaters is that they sound is very easy to identify. I normally see them flying too, this was a lucky sighting! !LUV
Great post. The mallard is an awesome photograph. The others are great sightings. I like the black kite. We had white kites in California when I lived there. One of my favorite birds.
Kites are common in Portugal, but in Spain the numbers are insane. You cross the border and they seem to be all over the place! Cheers! ;) !BEER
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the duck photo is so cute!