
My hat goes off to all those bird photographers out there. I am often amazed by the clarity and closeness of the images. I will persevere but spotting these rather large birds and then zooming in on them wasn’t easy.
Along the shore of the Ria Formosa in the Algarve at this time of year is a wader’s paradise. Of course some of them like the meadows nearby and on one of our walks we heard a lot of croaking. So the frogs are busy along with the bees in the almond blossom.
we have been without our binoculars so the camera helped with some identification and we think we have seen the following : turnstones, dunlin or knot, ringed plover and grey plover, curlew and cormorant, and maybe some green shanks.

The Egret is a Cattle Egrets – you can tell by colour of beak. Well done on your first bird shots.
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There are three types here on the Algarve. But didn’t get round to looking and checking! Thanks.
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know the feeling…
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Thanks!
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Good for you. 👍 Nice capture!
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Thanks!
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Very nice shots. I wonder what it is about buttercups to egrets. I have a shot of one standing in a field of them too. Another egret is in dandelions. I wonder if they like yellow?
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Thanks, maybe it’s the yellow beaks that like yellow!
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Nice!! I love photographing animals too.
Best Wishes
Opher
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Thanks.
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