Adult little egret in full breeding mode, napes, back and chest plumes , eye lore pinkish-purple , feet orange-red , perched on metal railing .

For #waderwednesday I thought it was a good to post a little egret in full breeding apparatus .
So , napes plumes, back plumes, eye lore become pinkish purple , feet turn orange-red.
#littleegret #breedingegret #naturephotography #birdphotography #spain #valencia #photography
#ECK #birdsseenin2026

Thanks

Good morning. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Petals&Perches any bird with flowers in capture.
Caught this ruby throat hummingbird , while in Oaxaca , in October last year .
#birds #photography #ECK #naturephotography #mexico #oaxaca

Nice to know , beautiful pictures😍

Most definitely, they are expert fisher, great capture 😍

The #BirdOfTheDay theme from @alan678.bsky.social‬ is #ABCD, any bird beginning any part of their name with these letters.
Today got another lifer , little bittern
Maybe common here( Spain)but I’m a tourist .
#birds #spain #lifer #birdsseenin2026
#lifer #ECK #birdphotography #nature #blueskysunday

Anytime 😊

Beautiful, they are I think 2 couples at Albufera , yet they just stay so far , no luck yet , getting a good picture .

Nice to know 😊

That was 2 weeks ago , while driving from Malaga to Valencia .
Thank you 😊

Beautiful 😍

Cows, always very social 😊

Brave , I would not do it 😊

While visiting the Almeria Alcazaba (Spain) 2 birds landed on some of the ruins, I hurried to snapped a couple pictures before they were gone . Anyhow, these were trumpeter Finch , lifer for me

Good morning @robcrank68.bsky.social has said “ today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DucksOutOfWater, The Alt Theme is #Finches, any Finch will do.” I’m going with the alt for now.
This was a lifer for me, trumpeter finch ( Spain )
#ECK #birdphotography #birdsSeenin2026 #spain #birdsoftheworld #bird

Superb goldfinch 😍

That one is really showing off 👏👏

Beautiful feather colors

Thanks. 😊

Australasian northern gannet juvenile , who had not fledge yet , staring straight at me, with its huge blue eyes

Bush thick knee , close up profile , with that yellow eye

Im not sure why ,but @bsky.app was not working this morning
Anyhow, for #headshots #birdoftheday I got a juvenile Australasian gannet ( Murawai beack ,NZ) and a bush thick-knee ( Stradbroke Island , Australia ) . #birdsSeenin2026
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Thanks @robcrank68.bsky.social

Yep , love the blue eyes 😍

Love , how its beak and legs color stand out 🤩

Thanks for the repost 😊

Savi’s warbler perched on a reed , beak wide open, singing loudly

For #warblerwednesday got up early and went to the marsh this morning.
Found this very loud Savi’s Warbler 😜
#itsabird #bird #warbler #birdsSeenIn2026 #Spain #valencia #lifer #aves #ECK #birdphotography #naturephotography #photography
#birdsoftheworld
@tonyrinaud.bsky.social

Thanks for clarifying, I thought it was , yet merlin Id kept saying lesser kestrel .

Male lesser kestrel in flight on the beach, with what appears to be a barn swallow in its talons.

Male lesser kestrel flying by the beach , with icean in background , with a barn swallow in its talons .

I’m between València and Alicante (Spain)
I just caught a lesser Kestrel ( I think ) ,who decided a barn swallow was good snack . I had never seen that
#bird #birdoftheday #itsabird #birdphotography #ECK #kestrel #naturephotography #lifer
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Thank you , it means a lot coming from you 😊

I knew @audjde.bsky.social would 😜

So cute , it looks like a cotton ball 😜

Thanks 😊

And 2 of them were in Australia 😊