All quiet on the western front - PM 2023

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BIF90 Red-rumped swallow (Cecropis daurica)

 

I also like this one.

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BIF91 Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)

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BIF92 Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

 

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BIF93 Little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

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BIF94 Common pochard (Aythya ferina)

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BIF95 Black-headed weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus)

 

 

 

I couldn´t do better than this.

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A bad photo can be a good EBC

 

BIF96 Common reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

 

The reed warbler just photobombed the picture, I didn´t even notice it while shooting.

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BIF97 Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)

 

 

 

 

@michael-ibk´s favourite (and everybody´s, I guess).

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BIF98 Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

 

 

Really difficult to take decent BIF pictures, it was blasting past the hide from time to time, finally it perched for an instant and gave me a chance to use the raw burst mode.

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The star from the lagoon in front of the hide, it occurs in other places but it´s difficult to see except in this spot, there were several individuals flying by or perching in the reeds, it wasn´t easy but I fanally was able to take some nice shots (sorry for the overload but I find it really cool).

 

BIF99 Little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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And last from the Algarve, but not least, a rarity, the first I found by myself (in a salt pan).

 

BIF100 Red-necked phalarope ( Phalaropus lobatus)

 

 

 

 

[Zim Girl]

Love the Little Bittern and great effort with the Kingfisher BIF.

[michael-ibk]

Agree, many excellent shots. Love the Hoopoe of course, and also the Swallow. 

[PeterHG]

Again some species that are really hard to get a flight shot of, but you managed, even the little grebe, the kingfisher and the phalarope! Great to get the reed warbler in flight and even get two very good bonus birds in the same picture.

[TonyQ]

You are making great use of the BIF idea.

Some excellent photos. You did brilliantly with the Kingfisher.

[Soukous]

Congratulations on BIF shots of so many difficult species. 

[Peter Connan]

Wow Pedro!

Some of these are really hard to get in flight.

[pedro maia]

I did a 10 days trip to Japan with the family, it was mostly an urban trip and the birding was limited (also because of the heat), 26 species of which only half were new for my world count, none was particularly exciting.

 

W700 Oriental greenfinch (Chloris sinica)

Edited August 28, 2023 by pedro maia

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W701 Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis)

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W702, BIF101 Eastern spot-billed duck (Anas zonorhyncha)

 

 

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W703, BIF102 Large-billed crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)

 

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W704, BIF103 Japanese wagtail (Motacilla grandis)

 

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W705, BIF104 Brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)

 

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W706 Meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides)

 

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W707 Black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris)

Edited August 29, 2023 by pedro maia