Pedro´s BQ - Fighting insanity

[pedro maia]

That´s it, with the BY on a halt (I have a few bad pictures reserved to upload) I´m going to make a BQ (Big Quarantine) with the species I can photograph only during my walks in my neighborhood (as long as we are allowed to do those walks), ther aren´t many species but that doesn´t mind, it´s just to try to focus on positive things.

 

So today after lunch I took the P900 and maybe 50m from home I looked up and had a good surprise, maybe a sign to cheer things up a bit:

 

1, Booted eagle, 24/3

 

and it wasn´t alone

 

2, Common buzzard, 24/3

 

 

Not the best pictures but it doen´t matter.

 

3, Rock dove, 24/3

 

4, Stonechat, 24/3

[Pamshelton3932]

Agree-who cares about the quality of the pictures.  Just getting outside and seeing wildlife lifts the spirits.  

[pedro maia]

5, European greenfinch, 24/3

 

6, Corn bunting, 24/3

 

7, Zitting cisticola, 24/3

[michael-ibk]

Great idea Pedro! A Booted Eagle flying over your house? Now that's cool!

[pedro maia]

3 hours ago, michael-ibk said:

Great idea Pedro! A Booted Eagle flying over your house? Now that's cool!

 

Definitely, I had seen Buzzard and Kestrel before but the Booted eagle was much cooler.

[pedro maia]

Weather is changing and the wind doesn´t help...

 

8, Sardinian warbler, 25/3

[xelas]

What, you are still allowed to get out of your homes in Portugal?!

 

Lovely warbler!

[pedro maia]

11 minutes ago, xelas said:

What, you are still allowed to get out of your homes in Portugal?!

 

We are with lot’s of limits, we can walk in our neighborhood but not more than 2 people together, I think.

[Dave Williams]

On 3/25/2020 at 7:07 PM, pedro maia said:

 

We are with lot’s of limits, we can walk in our neighborhood but not more than 2 people together, I think.

 

I see you have studied the rules in great detail Pedro!

 

 

[pedro maia]

35 minutes ago, Dave Williams said:

 

I see you have studied the rules in great detail Pedro!

 

 

 

That’s my job...

[Dave Williams]

Then you won’t have!!!!!

[pedro maia]

9, Eurasian magpie, 28/3

 

I could use the magpie for the BY but I´ll wait for a better picture.

 

10, Cattle egret, 28/3

[pedro maia]

11, White wagtail, 31/3

 

12, Eurasian collared dove, 31/3

 

13, House sparrow, 31/3

 

14, Black redstart, 31/3

 

15, Spotless starling, 1/4

[pedro maia]

The offer in my "confinement" area is limited but still every now and then I get a new species, what I´m really not impressed is by the quality of my pictures, it should be better by now...

 

16, Barn Swallow, 3/4

 

Very difficult to take a good BIF of these guys...

[pedro maia]

17, Eurasian jay, 11/4

 

An EBC, I hadn´t seen a Jay here before and this one just passed by in the distance.

[pedro maia]

18, Common kestrel, 11/4

 

Also a bit distant..

[pedro maia]

19, Common linnet, 12/4

 

Crappy picture...

[pedro maia]

20, European goldfinch, 12/4

 

 

I see them everyday but only today I was able to take a couple of acceptable pictures.

[Dave Williams]

How's everything else in Portugal Pedro?

[pedro maia]

6 minutes ago, Dave Williams said:

How's everything else in Portugal Pedro?

 

Things are moderately controlled, so far we don’t have numbers like Spain, Italy or other more affected countries, even in proportion, but it’s still too early to take conclusions.

 

Here at home we are doing fine, we have a bit of space for everybody even if our garden is very small, but we can stroll in out neighborhood without problems.

[Galana]

2 hours ago, pedro maia said:

what I´m really not impressed is by the quality of my pictures,

Some rude beggars on my thread suggest I should clean my lens more often. It's really pushing the P900 to do BIF.

 

Good to know all is well in Britain's oldest ally.

[pedro maia]

In this last batch all pictures were taken with the DSLR.

 

I have a doubt with this one, my call was Pale switf, in the Portuguese forum right now it’s 3-1 (Pale vs Common), any thoughts with these pictures?

 

 

[pedro maia]

21, Common house martin, 13/4

[pedro maia]

22, Woodchat shrike, 13/4