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Corn Buntings may have one of the most distinctive songs in Europe. I'd compare their singing to a jangling bunch of keys 🔑🎶 📍 Llanos de Cáceres, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One of those moments that makes you instinctively look up... and realize it's coming straight at you 😅 📍 Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Black Kite is photographed head-on in flight against a deep blue sky. Its wings are fully outstretched, with the bird appearing to fly directly toward the camera. Sunlight catches the head and upper body while the underside of the wings remains mostly in shadow.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I bet you've never seen a White Sotrk nest like this one. it's literally a work of art, as it's part of an open-air sculpture. 📍 Vostell Museum. Malpartida, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Common Blackbirds are often among the first birds to greet the morning. This one even seems to have picked up a tiny feather on the tip of her bill. Is that a present? 📍 Malpartida, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Common Kestrel is famous for its ability to hover perfectly still into the wind, scanning the ground for prey 👀 Fun fact: it can even see ultraviolet light, helping it follow the urine trails left by rodents. 📍 Malpartida, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Common Kestrel in flight against a clear blue sky, seen from below with wings fully outstretched. Its pale underwings are finely spotted, and its gray head, rufous body, and long tail are clearly visible as it glides overhead.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Look at this king! The Griffon Vulture may have bad press, but it's one of nature's clean-up crews. These giants help keep ecosystems healthy by recycling what would otherwise go to waste. Thank you for your service, sir! 📍 Llanos de Cáceres Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Griffon Vulture perched on top of a weathered wooden post against a deep blue sky. The bird is shown from behind with its head turned sideways, revealing its pale hooked bill, fluffy cream-colored neck ruff, and layered brown wing feathers.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Uncommon sight of a Crested Lark trying to remember where they left the keys 🔑 📍 Llanos de Cáceres, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Crested Lark stands among short grass dotted with small yellow and purple wildflowers. Its crest is raised as it looks down toward the ground, giving the impression that it is searching for something. The softly blurred meadow fills the background.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Baby White Storks are almost ready to leave the nest, but they're far from alone. Look closely and you'll spot European Starlings, House Sparrows and even a Common Kestrel sharing this busy little ecosystem. Can you spot them all? 👀 📍 Cáceres, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Two juvenile White Storks stand calling from a large stick nest built on top of a concrete pillar in open farmland. Several smaller birds are perched around the nest, including European Starlings, House Sparrows and a Common Kestrel resting near the base of the nest. The challenge is to spot them all against the tangle of branches.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Why so serious? Kestrels are famous for hovering almost motionless while scanning the ground for prey. This one apparently decided that sounded like way too much work. Power cable it is 😎 📍 Cáceres, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Common Kestrel perches on a twisted metal cable above several thick black utility cables against a uniform grey sky. The bird is facing left with its head turned slightly toward the camera, showing its grey head, warm brown back, spotted underparts and bright yellow feet gripping the cable.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Eurasian Spoonbills have integrated cutlery 🥄 They sweep their spoon-shaped bills side to side through shallow water. The moment they touch a fish, shrimp or insect, the bill snaps shut in a fraction of a second ⚡ 📍 Doñana, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

An adult Eurasian Spoonbill in breeding plumage walks through a marsh in Doñana. It faces left, showing its distinctive spoon-shaped black bill, white plumage with a pale yellow breast patch, long crest feathers, red eye and black legs among reeds and muddy vegetation.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A Glossy Ibis half drowned and kinda melting with the environment. 📍 Doñana, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Glossy Ibis stands on reddish wetland vegetation in Doñana. It faces right, showing a long downcurved grey bill with bits of mud attached, dark chestnut plumage and subtle iridescent green on the folded wings.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Black-crowned Night Herons are kinda vampiric. They spend much of the day resting, becoming most active at dusk and through the night 🌙 Their large eyes and stealthy hunting style make them highly effective nocturnal predators 🧛 📍 Doñana, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

An adult Black-crowned Night Heron perches on a rusty metal fence rail in Doñana. It faces right, showing its black crown, pale grey wings, white underparts, striking red eye, long white breeding plume and yellow legs against a softly blurred green marsh background.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Black Kites are masters of effortless flight, spending long periods soaring on rising warm air with barely a wingbeat. That energy-saving strategy helps them during their migrations between Europe and Africa 🌍 🪁 📍 Doñana, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A black kite soaring against a clear blue sky with its wings fully spread. The bird is backlit, creating a dark silhouette while the pale grey head and slightly forked tail remain visible. The photograph captures the elegant gliding posture typical of the species.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Why the long face (and legs and neck)? The answer is: to maximize aerodynamic efficiency, maintain physical balance, and conserve energy during long flights. Greater Flamingos travel hundreds of kms at speeds of up to 60 km/h, usually at night🦩 📍 Doñana, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We've caught this champion in middle flight! What's with that oversized bill?? Northern Shovelers use them like sieves, filtering tiny crustaceans, seeds and aquatic invertebrates from the water. One of the most specialized feeding adaptations among ducks 🦆 📍 Doñana, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A male Northern Shoveler flies from left to right against a pale sky. Its broad spatula-shaped bill, dark green head, bright yellow eye and bold black-and-white plumage are clearly visible, with one wing raised to reveal iridescent green feathers.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Whiskered Terns are remarkably agile in flight, often snatching insects from the air or the water's surface without stopping. Their buoyant, twisting flight makes them a joy to watch over marshes 🪽 📍 Doñana, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Whiskered Tern in breeding plumage banks through the air over Doñana marshes. The bird is seen from above with long, pointed wings spread wide, a black cap, pale grey upperparts and a slender dark red bill against a softly blurred backdrop of reeds and flowering vegetation.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This Western Cattle Egret is probably late to catch their cow-cab 🐄 📍 Doñana, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Western Cattle Egret in breeding plumage walks through a grassy meadow in Doñana. The bird faces right, showing white plumage with buff-orange feathers on the crown and neck, a yellow bill, pale legs and bright yellow eye among scattered purple wildflowers.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Greater Flamingos are not great at camouflaging. Fun fact: they owe their pink colour to carotenoid pigments obtained from algae and tiny crustaceans 🦀 📍 Doñana, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Greater Flamingo walks through a grassy saltmarsh, facing right. Its pale pink-and-white body, long pink legs and curved pink-and-black bill stand out among green marsh vegetation, while a soft blush of deeper pink is visible on the folded wing.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It’s Friday! Time to play a little shadow guessing game. Who’s who here? Can you identify all four birds from their silhouettes? No peeking at the alt descriptions! 😉 🪶 #Brids

Silhouette of a Egyptian vulture gliding overhead with its broad wings fully spread and primary feathers clearly outlined against a pale sky.

Silhouette of a collared dove perched on the corner of a structure, framed by dark leaves against a pale blue sky.

Silhouette of a kingfisher perched on a thin vertical branch against a clear blue sky, its long pointed bill clearly outlined.

Silhouette of a Spotted Flycatcher perched on a bare branch against a blue sky, with a few dark branches framing the scene.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The Cute Impaler 🧛 The Great Grey Shrike is often called the "butcher bird" because it stores prey by impaling insects and small vertebrates on thorns or barbed wire for later. 📍 Malpartida, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Great Grey Shrike perched on the top of a small shrub in warm evening light. The bird faces right, showing its pale gray plumage, black eye mask, black-and-white wings and long tail against a softly blurred green background.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

🪽 White Storks return to the same nests year after year, sometimes adding so much material that the nest can weigh over a ton. 🪺 Their loyalty to a nesting site can span decades. 📍 Malpartida, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A White Stork standing in a flower-filled meadow, facing right. Its bright white body contrasts with black folded wings, long red legs and a red bill, while the softly blurred background of grass and wildflowers creates a natural spring setting.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Crested Larks often use fences, stones and small mounds as lookout posts, scanning the ground for seeds and insects 🦗 Their raised crest changes constantly with their mood, making every encounter look a little different. A bit of a punk if you ask me! 📍 Malpartida, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Crested Lark perched on a rusty barbed-wire fence against a softly blurred green field. The bird faces left with its distinctive raised crest, pale underparts and brown streaked plumage clearly visible in natural light.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The Corn Bunting has one of the strongest bills among Europe's buntings, perfectly adapted for cracking seeds. Despite its plain appearance, its jangling song is one of the most distinctive sounds of open farmland: chink-chink-chink-trrrrrr!!!! 📍 Malpartida, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Corn Bunting perched on a leafless branch against a clear blue sky. The bird faces to the right, showing its stout pale bill, finely streaked brown plumage and pale underparts, while a network of bare twigs frames the scene.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The Common Buzzard is one of Europe's most widespread birds of prey. Its plumage is so variable that no two individuals seem quite alike. This one was taking a view of the surrounding landscape, perfect for spotting its next meal. Is he looking at me? 📍 Malpartida, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Common Buzzard perched on the metal structure of a power line against a deep blue sky. The bird faces slightly to the right, showing its brown plumage with pale markings on the chest and a hooked bill.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The Melodious Warbler is one of southern Europe's finest singers, mixing rich, varied phrases with remarkable stamina 🎶 Its scientific name, polyglotta, means "speaking many languages" 🤓 📍 Carmona – Cueva de la Batida, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Melodious Warbler perches on a slanted reed in a grassy field. The small olive-brown bird faces right with its bill open mid-song, showing pale yellow underparts and a faint eyebrow stripe, surrounded by softly blurred stems and wildflowers.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Kentish Plovers rely on camouflage more than speed. Their sandy plumage blends so well with beaches that they can almost disappear until they move: a vital defence while nesting on open ground 🥚🏖️ 📍 Rota, Cádiz, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Kentish Plover stands on pale sand, facing left. The small shorebird shows a white belly, sandy-brown upperparts, a black breast patch, dark eye stripe and slender dark legs. Its shadow falls across the beach in bright sunlight.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Classic Wood Pigeon couples behaviour: perching in a branch while gossiping about everyone walking by. 📍 Rota, Cádiz, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Two Wood Pigeons perch on intertwined branches against a pale blue sky and blurred green foliage. The foreground bird stands upright, showing the distinctive white neck patch and wing markings, while the second pigeon rests slightly behind, facing left.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Canada Geese form long-term pair bonds, often staying together for life. During migration and while raising their young, both parents work as a team to defend and guide the family 🦢 ❤️ 📍 Liverpool, England 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Canada Goose swimming on rippling blue water. The bird faces left, showing its black head and neck, bright white cheek patch, brown back and pale breast, with the textured water filling the entire background.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Watching curlews and gulls wandering around Antony Gormley's iron figures that are facing towards the sea was such a beautiful experience. 📍Crosby Beach. Merseyside, England. 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Eurasian Curlew walks across a wet tidal flat at low tide. In the background, a sculpture of a person in dark clothing stands in the shallow surf while small waves roll ashore. The curlew's long, downcurved bill and faint reflection are clearly visible on the wet sand.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #ASplashOfColour- Celebrate vibrant plumage or colourful backgrounds that complement the bird."

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Another case of misleading naming: Eurasian Oystercatchers don't just eat oysters 🦪 Their bills are adapted to open shellfish, but they also eat other things depending on what's available, which makes them more relatable to the rest of us. 📍 Liverpool, England 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Eurasian Oystercatcher stands on a wet tidal flat, facing right. Its black head and upperparts contrast with a white belly, while its long orange bill points toward the mud. A faint reflection is visible in the shallow water beneath the bird.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Common Terns are masters of precision fishing. They can hover briefly before plunging head-first into the water, snatching small fish with remarkable accuracy 🎣 📍 Liverpool, England 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

European Starlings may look plain from a distance, but in sunlight their feathers shimmer with iridescent greens, purples and blues. Those colors aren't pigments! They're created by the microscopic structure of the feathers 🌈 📍 Liverpool, England 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A European Starling perches on a weathered stone ledge beside a dark metal post. The bird faces right, showing glossy black plumage with white speckles and subtle iridescent green and purple tones on its neck and wings, against a softly blurred pale background.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Black-headed Gulls are now in breeding season (at least in the UK, where we took this shot). We know because of the beautiful dark chocolate hood 🪶🍫 📍 Liverpool, England 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Black-headed Gull in breeding plumage stands on a large shoreline rock, facing right. Its dark chocolate-brown head, white body, pale grey wings and red bill and legs contrast with the gently rippling grey-green water behind it.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Look at this fluffy round little beauty! European Robins sing almost all year round, even through winter 🎶 and, unlike many songbirds, both males and females use song to defend their territories when food becomes scarce ❄️ 📍 Liverpool, England 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A European Robin perched on a weathered wooden fence post. The bird faces right, showing its bright orange-red face and breast, soft grey-brown plumage and large dark eye against a softly blurred woodland background.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

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 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

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.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

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 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

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

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

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 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

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.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

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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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

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 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A White-cheeked Starling perched on a tree branch, showing its pale cheek patch and yellow bill.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

This White Wagtail is still a juvenile (you can tell by its plumage) but already a proper sailor! ⚓ 📍 BIlbao 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A White Wagtail standing on the edge of a blue metal boat, next to chains, with water in the background.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

These two aren't gargoyles, just a pair of Western Jackdaws, and they are probably gossiping judging by those curious eyes 👀 📍 Conil, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

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.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

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 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A small Zitting Cisticola perched on a dry thistle stem, surrounded by golden grass. Its fluffy plumage catches the sunlight.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

You'll need to convince us that this Common Starling is not an actual muppet. 📍 Conil, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

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.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

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 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

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.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

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 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

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.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

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 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Griffon Vulture gliding over a hazy landscape, its broad brown wings and pale head stand out against the grey cliffs and hazy sky.

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pajareo @pajareo.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

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 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A Egyptian Vulture gliding against a soft, hazy mountain background. Its broad wings are outstretched, showing dark flight feathers and pale body markings.

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