Pedro does it again, 2nd Year!!

[pedro maia]

6 hours ago, TonyQ said:

@pedro maia we did a Pelagic from Sagres, but didn't see as many birds as you did! You coped well with the tricky conditions to get very good photos. It is difficult with a moving boat and moving birds

 

@Dave Williams we found a useful birdwatching book published (online) by the tourist authority, showing different possible birding sites

I have attached a link - the fourth guide down is the Birdwatching one

https://www.visitalgarve.pt/en/menu/267/guides.aspx

When was that Tony, Sagres is supposed to be the best spot from the end of August.

[pedro maia]

4 hours ago, PeterHG said:

That's the spirit, @Dave Williams ! My wife and I are also thinking about driving south to Portugal and perhaps the Extremadura in February/March next year, depending on the situation later on. @pedro maia, your showcase of the birdlife there is certainly convincing. Keep it up, please!

Let’s hope you can came here, winter is great here.

[pedro maia]

2 hours ago, michael-ibk said:

I am still hoping to go to Portugal in October. Counting on your advice then Pedro, keep exploring.

I’ll be looking forward for that Michael.

[TonyQ]

@pedro maia

We were there in the end of September 2017. Lots of birds migrating, but often very high! A good place to visit though.

[elefromoz]

@pedro maia, great Pelagic, Im hoping to do one later in the year, I  need a few months to talk myself into it and prepare the sea legs. I don't do boats, but in this instance will make an exception I guess. You did well with your photos.

[pedro maia]

Next one is a species that I tried to find several times since last year but kept eluding me, it´s not really rare but can be quite difficult to spot, at least for me, and this picture is a good example on how easy it is not to spot it:

 

 

#220 (N44), Eurasian stone-curlew, 15/8, Salinas do Forte da Casa, Tavira

 

 

 

 

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#221, Eurasian curlew, 15/8, Ria Formosa/Forte da Casa, Tavira

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#222, Bar-tailed godwit, 18/8, Ria Formosa/Fuzeta

[pedro maia]

Now one of my favourite species, the Beast:

 

#223, Cinerous vulture, 20/8, Guerreiro, Castro Verde

 

 

It was feeding on this carcass

 

 

with two griffons, I wasn´t able to take a decent picture of the griffons.

[pedro maia]

And now an EBC, these guys are easy to hear but quite difficult to see, this one jumped form very close to my feet and after reacting, pointing the camera, focusing and shooting this was the best I could do and it´s going to be very difficult to see another one this year.

 

#224, Common quail, 20/8, Guerreiro, Castro Verde

[Galana]

Great shot of the Quail. Very worthy.

[shazdwn]

I think the quail shot is quite artistic 

[Galana]

1 hour ago, shazdwn said:

I think the quail shot is quite artistic 

So do I. Printed on 'canvas' some Yuppy would blow a fair bit of his bonus for it.

[Soukous]

16 hours ago, pedro maia said:

this was the best I could do and it´s going to be very difficult to see another one this year.

 

not just any old ebc but quite possibly THE ebc of the year. IMO. 

 

Clearly the Nikon Coolpix P900 is the camera to have for ebc's 

Edited August 25, 2020 by Soukous

[Galana]

1 hour ago, Soukous said:

Clearly the Nikon Coolpix P900 is the camera to have for ebc's 

In the rights hands there is no limit to what it cannot achieve.

[PeterHG]

You did well on spotting the Stone Curlew! That Cinereous Vulture is really impressive and you got a good shot. Others have already commented on your amazing Quail shot and I agree: a winner. You were really lucky to at least get a glimpse of it. I have heard it a number of times, but never managed to actually see one.

[pedro maia]

4 hours ago, Soukous said:

 

not just any old ebc but quite possibly THE ebc of the year. IMO. 

 

Clearly the Nikon Coolpix P900 is the camera to have for ebc's 

It would be great to win the ebc of the year prize, after making us search for toilets in google @Galana deserves that we hit him where it hurts more .

 

Let me correct you, I wouldn’t be able to take a picture of a flying quail with the P900, even such an artistic one, the picture was taken with the DSLR.

[pedro maia]

1 hour ago, PeterHG said:

You did well on spotting the Stone Curlew! That Cinereous Vulture is really impressive and you got a good shot. Others have already commented on your amazing Quail shot and I agree: a winner. You were really lucky to at least get a glimpse of it. I have heard it a number of times, but never managed to actually see one.

I can’t take the credit for spotting the stone curlews, it was another birder who showed me where the6 were.

 

[Galana]

2 hours ago, pedro maia said:

@Galana deserves that we hit him where it hurts more .

Oh how cruel. This from Britain's oldest Ally. I never made anyone search for toilets. That was you and @BRACQUENE's choice!

 

[Soukous]

14 hours ago, Galana said:

I never made anyone search for toilets. That was you and @BRACQUENE's choice!

 

searching for toilets is something that I am sure we have all needed to do at some time on safari so in this world where everything is being done online a little bit of practice doesn't go amiss. 

[elefromoz]

@pedro maia, the Cinereous Vulture is probably top of my European wish list, I wonder if Ill ever get to see one....  The common Quail is something else, one for those with a vivid imagination

[pedro maia]

End of vacation, tomorrow work resumes so it´s time to post the final additions from August, it ended up as a productive month .

 

I was hoping to get a better one of this species but wasn´t able:

 

#225 (N45), Spectacled warbler, 16/8, Sapal de Venta Moinhos, Castro Marim

Edited September 9, 2020 by pedro maia

[pedro maia]

Same with this one, an EBC will have to do the job:

 

#226 (N46), European green woodpecker, 24/8, Almargem, Tavira

[pedro maia]

This time of the year there are some lost vagrants that arrive to Portugal, this one is not easy to find but a few of them visit us every year:

 

#227 (N47), Red-necked phalarope, 28/8, Salinas de Olhão

 

 

[pedro maia]

Time for the most common species that arrive now and stay here during September:

 

#228, European pied flycatcher, 29/8, Quinta de Marim, Olhão