European Bee-eater
I finally managed to tick Bee-eater in Europe. Spotted at the salt pans of Kalloni on Lesvos. These two pics were made in South Africa.
White-fronted Bee-eater
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Too hot, originally uploaded by gwendolen. Yesterday I went cycling with a group of Flickr members. It was the first warm weekend of the year. We’ve had a very cold spring We saw this juvenile crow sitting quite near the cycle path. Poor thing probably hadn’t learnt to go and sit higher on the dike, [...] I took this photo from our tent. We were camping on the island of Vlieland. This beautiful young male would wake us up every morning – usually just before 6 a.m. Argh. After a cold and cloudy start, Saturday started with a blue sky. Check for more cool bird pix around the world Discover more [...] House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) It was World House Sparrow Day yesterday, so I’m dedicating this week’s BPW to the House Sparrow. We used to have so many of these very social and gregarious little birds. House Sparrows are well adapted to living around humans. The Latin word domesticus means “of the house,” a reference to [...] Black-headed gulls in various stages of black-headedness It’s too grey, wet and windy today, so I’m using a photo I took last week for BPW #81. Nothing much has changed season-wise. Temperatures have been around 7°C the last few days and it’s still freezing lightly at night. Will this winter ever end? Check for more cool [...] |
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