Pedro does it again, 2nd Year!!

[michael-ibk]

Wow, a great sequence!

[PeterHG]

Great shots of the raptors. What a sight!

[shazdwn]

What a great raptor sighting 

[pedro maia]

#163, 15/5, Eurasian magpie, Caia/Santa Eulália

 

[pedro maia]

#164, 15/5, Short-toed snake eagle, Albufeira do Caia

Edited May 16, 2020 by pedro maia

[pedro maia]

#165, 15/5, Great crested grebe, Albufeira de Abrilongo

 

[pedro maia]

And today´s special:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[PeterHG]

Certainly a special Jay series! Can you identify its prey? It might yield another tick for your BY

[michael-ibk]

A really cool Jay sequence!

[pedro maia]

Thanks guys, @PeterHG, I would say the prey is a barn swallow but it´s not easy to ID.

[pedro maia]

#166, 16/5, Mistle thrush, Oitavos, Cascais

 

 

In the same golf course where I saw it last year.

Edited May 16, 2020 by pedro maia

[Galana]

2 hours ago, pedro maia said:

I would say the prey is a barn swallow but it´s not easy to ID.

I don't think so. Long yellow legs and speckled breast suggest a Pipit of some sort. I never know Jays would kill. I wonder if it was carrion?

 

Scope for another lockdown thread. "Name that corpse."?

Edited May 16, 2020 by Galana

[pedro maia]

56 minutes ago, Galana said:

I don't think so. Long yellow legs and speckled breast suggest a Pipit of some sort. I never know Jays would kill. I wonder if it was carrion?

 

Scope for another lockdown thread. "Name that corpse."?

 

I’m terrible with living birds ID so there’s no reason to think I would be better with dead ones .

[pedro maia]

#167, 17/5, Red-crested pochard, Açude de Entradas, Castro Verde

 

Distant

[pedro maia]

#168, 17/5, European roller, Monte da Aparariça, Castro Verde

[pedro maia]

#169, 17/5, Montagu´s harrier, near Ermida de Nossa Senhora de Aracelis, Castro Verde

 

[pedro maia]

Today I went looking for a rarity, which I tend to avoid due to my poor results while looking for an individual, anyway this one was where I was told it had been seen and i was glad I went to look for it because it´s one of the most beautiful birds I saw this year and it allowed very close shots.

 

#170 (N23), 18/5, Eurasian dotterel, Cabo Espichel

 

 

 

Edited May 20, 2020 by pedro maia

[PeterHG]

Excellent photos of this beautiful rarity! I read today that some have been spotted not too far from here. I've seen them before, but never managed a photo  that  is even remotely as good as yours.

[xelas]

Not only the bird, also your photos are beautiful, @pedro maia!

[TonyQ]

A superb photo of the Dotterel, what a beautiful bird 

[Galana]

Great photos. Dotterell are somewhat of an oddity among birds in that they can be surprisingly confiding and allow close approach. Not that that in any way detracts from the superb results of your day out.

[Kitsafari]

a great shot of a beautiful bird!

[Soukous]

On 5/17/2020 at 12:31 AM, pedro maia said:

I’m terrible with living birds ID so there’s no reason to think I would be better with dead ones 

 

, now that's a bird club I'm qualified to join.

[pedro maia]

Thanks for the comments, as Fred says the dotterel was really confiding, she allowed as many photos as I wished, from all angles and with a distance of 1m, wasn’t worried about social distancing .

[Zim Girl]

Lovely pictures of the Dotterel.