A single white stork standing on a large stick nest against a clear blue sky. The bird faces sideways, showing its red bill, black wing feathers, and long red legs, one of them with a visible identification ring.
Here the White Stork stands alone.
Its partner is gone, but it stays behind, faithfully guarding the nest.
Someone has to keep watch 🪺
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Two white storks standing on a large nest against a clear blue sky, facing each other with wings partially spread, as if in a display or greeting. Their red bills and black flight feathers contrast sharply with their white plumage.
These White Storks are wishing everyone a happy 2026 birding year 🎉🎊
May your days be filled with feathers, flights, and surprises 🐦✨
📍 Dehesa de Abajo, Seville, Spain
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A Common Kingfisher perched on a short wooden stump, seen from behind. Its turquoise-blue back and tail glow against a soft green blurred background, with the bird turning its head slightly to the side.
That electric blue on the kingfisher isn’t paint, it’s physics ✨
The brightest feathers (on the mantle and rump) show structural coloration: microscopic structures reflect light and create that metallic turquoise, shifting with the viewing angle.
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
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A male Bluethroat standing at the edge of shallow water among reeds. The bird shows a vivid blue throat bordered by a white band and rusty-orange chest, with a brown back and pale underparts reflected faintly in the water.
Another angle of the same beauty ✨
📍 Doñana, Spain
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A Bluethroat standing among reeds in shallow water. The small bird shows a vivid blue throat bordered by rusty brown and pale markings, with a warm brown back and pale belly
The Bluethroat is one of those birds that feels almost unreal when you see it in good light. That electric blue throat patch looks like it was painted on just to show off.
Fun fact: males can flash or hide that blue bib depending on mood ✨
📍 Doñana, Spain
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A Monk Parakeet perched on a tree branch against a deep blue sky. The parrot has green wings, a pale grayish face and chest with faint barring, and a pinkish bill.
Meet the Monk Parakeet: once “just an exotic pet”, now part of Seville's everyday soundtrack 🦜🦜🦜
These guys originally came caged decades ago, but since around 1990, they’ve turned into full-blown urban colonists. Now there are over 5,500 of them 🤯
📍 Seville, Spain
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Great Cormorant with the wings open
This one was drying its wings and really showing them off. The black fringe between the feathers is so distinctive 🪶🪶🪶
Bird of the day is #CootsAndMoorhens 🪶
This one is beautiful not only because of how she looks, but also because it is an endangered species being recovered in the local area 🖤
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A White-cheeked Starling perched on a tree branch, showing its pale cheek patch and yellow bill.
The White-cheeked Starling (or Mukudori in Japanese) is a city regular here in Japan. You’ll spot them in parks (as in this case), temples, or even near train stations 🏯⛩️🎍
📍 Tokyo, Japan
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Beautiful pic!
Reminds me of the pattern of the feathers of their cousin the great cortmorant
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A White Wagtail standing on the edge of a blue metal boat, next to chains, with water in the background.
This White Wagtail is still a juvenile (you can tell by its plumage) but already a proper sailor! ⚓
📍 BIlbao
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Two Western Jackdaws perched on the corner of an old stone building, both with striking pale eyes and grey napes, against a clear blue sky.
These two aren't gargoyles, just a pair of Western Jackdaws, and they are probably gossiping judging by those curious eyes 👀
📍 Conil, Spain
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A small Zitting Cisticola perched on a dry thistle stem, surrounded by golden grass. Its fluffy plumage catches the sunlight.
The Zitting Cisticola is tiny but loud! Their “zit-zit-zit” song gives them their name. We often spot them hovering over fields like little sparks of sound and motion.
Not all of them are as fluffy as this one, though 💛
📍 Conil, Spain
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A glossy black Common Starling perched on a tiled roof, beak open as if calling. The sunlight brings out green and purple iridescence in its feathers.
You'll need to convince us that this Common Starling is not an actual muppet.
📍 Conil, Spain
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Silhouette of an Egyptian Vulture soaring overhead against a pale sky. The bird’s narrow wings are spread wide and its wedge-shaped tail is clearly visible.
That tail! The Egyptian Vulture has a distinctive wedge-shaped tail that makes its silhouette easy to spot even from far below.
📍 Bolonia, Spain
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A European Bee-eater seen from below against a clear blue sky. Its wings are spread wide, showing warm golden-brown tones, and its greenish body and long pointed bill are visible.
The European Bee-eater is pure color in motion. But the show isn’t just visual, it’s also sound. They fill the air with their soft, trilling calls as they glide and hover 🐝
📍 Caños de Meca Spain
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A Spotted Flycatcher perched on a thin branch among a tangle of twigs. The small bird has streaked brownish-grey plumage and a pale underside.
Back to the usual suspects (on this account at least). Just a beautiful Spotted Flycatcher waiting quietly on a branch to snatch insects in mid-air 🌿🐦🪰
📍 Caños de Meca, Spain
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Heron 🖤
A Griffon Vulture gliding over a hazy landscape, its broad brown wings and pale head stand out against the grey cliffs and hazy sky.
There’s something ancient about watching vultures glide. The Griffon Vulture barely moves its wings as it circles the cliffs.
Effortless, silent, it hardly needs to move. Just keeps floating over the valley carried only by the wind and the heat rising.
📍 Bolonia, Spain
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A Egyptian Vulture gliding against a soft, hazy mountain background. Its broad wings are outstretched, showing dark flight feathers and pale body markings.
We've got to see the mighty Egyptian Vultures! They’re among the few birds known to use tools. They’ll pick up stones to crack open eggs 🧠
We also spotted a few adults with that striking white-and-yellow plumage, but couldn’t get good shots of them.
📍 Bolonia, Spain
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Several Griffon Vultures perched on a rocky cliff. Their pale heads contrast against rugged mountains in the background.
Isn't this shot beautiful? The way the Griffon Vultures blend into the rocky cliff, standing out against the plain background almost like a papercut ⛰️
📍 Bolonia, Spain
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Agree! We'll post a few more in the following days 😉
Indeed!
A Griffon Vulture gliding over a hazy landscape, its broad brown wings stretched wide and the pale head turned slightly downward.
The Griffon Vulture is an absolute giant of the sky. With a wingspan that can reach almost 2.8 meters, it glides riding thermals with barely a wingbeat.
They also have bad press. Very unfair! They're actually nature’s living recyclers ♻️
📍 Bolonia, Spain
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A Rock Pigeon perched on a stone with green foliage in the background. Its plumage is dark grey with an iridescent sheen on the neck and patterned wings.
Are there Rock Pigeons in Japan? Of course, as this is probably the most familiar bird in the world. Not bad for all the hate they get 🕊️❤️
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
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Probably!
A Little Egret walking through shallow water. Its plumage is pure white, its bill is black, and its long black legs end in bright yellow feet.
This Little Egret decided to show up in its yellow socks this morning 🧦
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
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A Great Cormorant perched on a wooden post above the water. Its plumage is glossy black with a scaled pattern on the wings, and it has a yellow throat patch and hooked bill.
How awesome is the scaled pattern of the plumage of this Great Cormorant. Also, the glossy black with a on the wings combined with the yellow throat patch looks pretty badass 🦇
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
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An Osprey perched on a bare tree branch against a pale sky. The bird shows dark brown wings, white underparts, and a white head with a bold dark eye stripe. Its crest feathers are slightly raised.
Ospreys are fairly common in Japan. This one was being bothered by a group of Large-Billed Crows, probably expecting a price in the shape of a bird.
What is unclear is what's the object hanging from the tree branch... ideas? ⛩️
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
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