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Morning Dog Walk: A Booted Eagle Soars Above

7th May 20187th May 2018Craig Rogers

I take a camera along on my Dog Walks to bring you some of the sightings that I see on my morning walks, these photos are rarely going to be great quality as its hard enough keeping an energetic Dog entertained and get close enough to anything. They also help me identify where species are so that I can plan to return.

This morning, we had a treat, we walked up a nearby ridge (the same one to be used on Saturday’s Nature Photography Walk) and spotted a Booted Eagle soaring high.

Unfortunately, way too high for a close up, even for a crop camera at 400mm, but close enough to identify.

Morning Dog Walk: Long-Tailed Tits

6th May 20186th May 2018Craig Rogers

This morning I was standing under the tree that has a resident Melodious Warbler (see here) and a flock of Long-Tailed Tits came passing through. They really didn’t care that I was there and the first photo, the bird is very close.

It is very common to see flocks of Long-Tailed Tits moving from tree to tree eating as many little bugs as they can find. The Melodious Warbler did it’s best to defend its tree but was out-numbered and the Long-Tailed Tits hopped from branch to branch feeding and then moved to a nearby Fig Tree to continue.

The Algarve has the darker variety of Long-Tailed Tit, and the young is even more interesting with its brown head. Also notice it has red eyelids whereas the adult has yellow.

First Session At The Magpie Perch

5th May 20185th May 2018Craig Rogers

After almost immediately attracting Iberian Magpies to a new Magpie Perch a few days ago I thought I’d try a session during this evenings golden hour.

There are a few changes I need to make for a better angle, but here is a photo from this evening.

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Another Morning With The Bee Eaters

4th May 201830th November 2018Craig Rogers

I was back at the same location as last week to try to capture a few more Bee Eater photos. The intention was to get a Male giving a catch to a Female. Whilst I saw this happen on many occasions, unfortunately, there were some branches between the camera and them, so no photos of this. However, I did manage to get a few shots.

This first one of a Female tossing a Bee in the air to catch and swallow. They do this after they have knocked the stinger against something to dislodge it.

New Magpie Perch Is A Success!

3rd May 20183rd May 2018Craig Rogers

There is a small tree that didn’t last the winter this year due to it being very exposed, so instead of cutting it down I decided to shape it into a perch.

The idea behind it was to attract the Iberian Magpies (this post explains why they are not called the Azure-Winged!).

A few times daily, a flock of Magpies raid a bowl of Cat biscuits we leave outside for our “outdoor” Cats, so I placed a small container on the new perch with a few biscuits in there and setup the TrailCam to see what happens.

It was an instant success.

Morning Dog Walk: Rock Bunting On “The Rock”

2nd May 20186th May 2018Craig Rogers

This morning, although I saw a lot of birds, I didn’t manage to photograph anything, probably down to the after effects of the local Labour Day (1st May) celebrations yesterday!

However, on the way back past “A Rocha” I saw a pair of birds hopping along the exposed rock almost perfectly blending in. I managed to quickly get a shot of this one before it took cover in the Esteva plants. It was a Rock Bunting, this is a new sighting for me, first time I’ve seen one. They are resident all year round here in the Algarve and as the name suggests prefer the rocky terrain that the Algarve Serra has to offer. Difficult to tell from the photo, but I suspect this is a male due to the black definition on the head. The females are usually a litter duller.

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