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Portugal 2005
All these photos were taken with a Canon EOS 20D, sometimes with EF-S 17-85 mm IS and some with EF 100-400L IS USM.
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Turnstone
(Arenaria interpres)

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Redshank
(Tringa totanus)

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Redshank
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Some type of warbler?
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Redshank
(Tringa totanus)

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Redshank
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White Stork
(Ciconia ciconia)

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Female Stonechat
(Saxicola torquatus)

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Female Stonechat
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Female Stonechat
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Female Stonechat
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Male Stonechat
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Male Stonechat
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Male Stonechat
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Serin
(Serinus serinus)

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Crested Lark
(Galerida cristata)

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Spanish Sparrow reflection in tissue dispenser!
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Curlew
(Numenius arquata)

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Male Sardinian Warbler
(Sylvia melanocephala)

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Male Sardinian Warbler
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Male Sardinian Warbler
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Yellow-legged Gull (adult)
(Larus cachinnans)

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Yellow-legged Gull (3rd winter)
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Rock Doves
(Columba livii)

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Yellow-legged Gull (adult)
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I floated lonely as a gull
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Sqwawk at the moon
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Is it a bird?  Was it a plane?
I love this - shows natural flight versus (the pollution of) man made flight.

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That's one small flap for a gull
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...one giant hop for gullkind
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White Wagtail
(Motacilla alba)

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At last, what I have been waiting for...a photo of a Hoopoe
(Upupa epops)

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Hoopoe
(aka "Pooper Scooper Bird")

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and again - I took loads of this and was shaking so much with excitement I only managed to get 3 non-blurry ones!  How sad is that!
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Female Blackcap
(Sylvia atricapilla)

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Frank TV
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Arrgh me cameras gonna get all wet!
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I am trying to photograph the waves, not be drowned by them!