It has been an awesome 3 days.
Monday morning I went to ‘my’ beach, knowing there wouldn’t be many birds around. But it’s a place where the dogs can roam and I still have my fun.
Boy, was I wrong.
It was not only the common criminals, like the Barn swallows that flew by so close that I could have touched them.
Nope. Many Red-backed Shrike (over 20), Chiffchaff, Yellow Wagtails,…. and a few that I haven’t been able to ID. I was wishing for a Pro birder to be there with me and tell me what is what. I was totally at awe.
The photo bottom left looks to me like the Shrike is asking the Laughing dove for directions: ‘Hey Dude, where’s the next Rest stop?!’
Yesterday was less Shrike action, but I saw my first Lesser Grey Shrike, Common Redstart, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin, Spotted Flycatcher, one lone Immature Cormorant,….
And today started with a Spotted Flycatcher on our balcony. That simply made my day 
The weather is turning warmer hotter and it’s getting humid. Hence,my picture quality the last days pretty much sucks. But we are not in for a contest, are we? 
I did quite some beach cleaning too. I couldn’t helped it. Mother Nature really yelled at me, thrusting trash bags in my face to tell me to get my lazy bum going and work a bit for the Beauty she shows me. Righty. Got the message,…
A few peeves from the past days:
- how is it I can observe a bird and even pass close by when I don’t have a camera with me
- but the bird takes flight a) as soon as it sees my camera or b) as soon as I point my lens its way, no matter how far away it is
- or I actually DO get close, but that little critter turns it’s head or doesn’t show me any ID-able features
Grmbl……!
