Nice day for the gulls.
Salinas de Santa Pola. This area is adjacent to the ocean just south of Alicante. It is a very good area for gulls and shorebirds as well as Greater Flamingos. It one of a few areas where the Slender-billed Gulls spend the winter. And yes, they do have pink tinge to their bellies.

Tags:   bird Spanish Birds 2017 2018 Slender billed Gull

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Tags:   Shoveler Spanish Birds 2017 2018 bird

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I posted too soon. I foud three hoopoes preening in a tree. This one provided a great shot of it's crest.

Tags:   bird Hoopoe Spanish Birds 2017 2018

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Two years ago I posted this bird as a Northen Goshawk. I also submitted images on ebird. This week I received an email from a Spanish ebird volunteer reviewer. He informed me that it is an European Sparrowhawk! That is great because I had seen them in the distance but not got a photograph. I guess the Spanish reviewer is getting caught up while at home.

Tags:   European Birds European Sparrowhawk Hawks Kites Eagles and Allies (Accipitridae)

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Baveria, Germany, 2018

Tags:   European Birds Black Stork Storks (Ciconiidae)

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