Here are two birds that are a challenge to photograph. Greater Flamingos are always moving, feeding, or tucked into a resting pose. We saw three at Charca but there are many larger colonies in souther Spain.
Little Grebes are tiny, always moving, and constantly diving.
So, a trivia fact: flamingos weigh 2-4 kg and grebes weigh about 110 g so the Little Grebe is around 1/25th the size of the big bird. They are both wonderful to watch.
Every evening we can see Eurasion Kestrels out hunting. They live in the cliffs and castle walls behind us, putting on a great show that is tough to photograph with my point & shoot. Let me share some shots from our deck
As a pilot, I love to watch these aerial marvels.
After a long trip, we’ve setted into our apartment and with nice views and weather, are seeing a nice mix of birds from our terrace.
We have an artist friend here from past visits and this montage of his captures much of the flavor of Salobreña.
One of my favorites is the eurasian kestrel which we see daily. I’ve yet to get a good photo but did capture this one yesterday at long distance.
Last night, one of the large field below us was irrigated and this morning a few Mallards arrived. Then a group of Cattle Egret showed up for desayuno.
As I watched them, this large group of dark birds appeared.
Glossy Ibises, probably on their way to Africa, were foraging all day.
Our landlord left instructions to close windows when we left the apartmento because when the folks are away, guess who comes in and plays?
