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this mysterious account will post about birds 🪶 through different topics that we love like photography 📷, art 🎨, data 📊, books 📚 and more birds 🦅🦆🦉🐦🐤🐧

based in Seville, Spain ☀️
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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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This Red-knobbed coot knows how to strike a sexy pose. Just look at that gaze! 😍

📍 Cañada de los Pájaros, Spain
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Photo of Red-knobbed coot
November 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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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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A White-cheeked Starling perched on a tree branch, showing its pale cheek patch and yellow bill.
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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This White Wagtail is still a juvenile (you can tell by its plumage) but already a proper sailor! ⚓

📍 BIlbao
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A White Wagtail standing on the edge of a blue metal boat, next to chains, with water in the background.
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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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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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.
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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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 small Zitting Cisticola perched on a dry thistle stem, surrounded by golden grass. Its fluffy plumage catches the sunlight.
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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You'll need to convince us that this Common Starling is not an actual muppet.

📍 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.
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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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 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.
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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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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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.
October 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Heron 🖤
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Herons are truly zen hunters. The wait at a fallen tree, half-hidden in shadow, in front of still waters with dark reflections give the moment a quiet, mysterious weight.

📍 Berlin, Germany
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A grey heron stands still on the edge of a fallen tree trunk over calm water, surrounded by lush green foliage and reflected in the pond’s surface.
October 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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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 Griffon Vulture gliding over a hazy landscape, its broad brown wings and pale head stand out against the grey cliffs and hazy sky.
October 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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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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A Egyptian Vulture gliding against a soft, hazy mountain background. Its broad wings are outstretched, showing dark flight feathers and pale body markings.
October 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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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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Several Griffon Vultures perched on a rocky cliff. Their pale heads contrast against rugged mountains in the background.
October 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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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 Griffon Vulture gliding over a hazy landscape, its broad brown wings stretched wide and the pale head turned slightly downward.
October 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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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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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.
October 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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This Little Egret decided to show up in its yellow socks this morning 🧦

🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
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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.
October 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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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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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.
October 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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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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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.
October 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Believe it or not, Little Ringed Plovers are masters of camouflage. You can only notice them once they start running.

This little cutie was foot-stamping the ground. It is believed that they do it to mimic raindrops, encouraging subterranean prey to surface 🤯

🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
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A Little Ringed Plover standing on mudflats. It has sandy-brown wings, a white underside, yellow legs, and a distinctive black-and-white head pattern with a bright yellow eye ring.
October 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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This one’s a younger Grey Heron, with streaks along its neck and a slightly scruffier look than the smooth, clean plumage of adults. Still, it already carries itself with that unmistakable heron poise, always ready to strike 🐟⚡

🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
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A Grey Heron standing in shallow water. It has grey wings, a pale neck streaked with dark lines, and a sharp yellow bill.
October 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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This Great Egret is waiting patiently before striking with lightning speed to catch fish 🐟⚡

🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
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A Great Egret wading in shallow water, with its long white body, slender neck, and bright yellow bill standing out against the rippling surface.
October 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Say hi to this Chinese spot-billed duck, an Anatinae (dabbling duck) that breeds in East and Southeast Asia. 

Unlike many ducks, it doesn’t migrate long distances. Look how calm it looks. Pretty sure it's going to stay local all year round.

🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
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A Chinese spot-billed duck swimming calmly on green water. The duck has dark brown patterned plumage, a pale face with a bold black eye stripe, and a yellow-tipped bill.
October 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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The most common sparrow in Japan is not the House Sparrow, as it happens in Europe, but the Tree Sparrow.

This one was literally doing what Theodore Roosevelt once counseled: “Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.”

🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
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A Eurasian Tree Sparrow standing on green grass. It has a chestnut-brown cap, white cheeks with a black spot, and streaked brown wings.
October 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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The Japanese Tit is closely related to the European Great Tit. It's hard to tell them apart tbh.

This one never seemed to stop moving, hanging from branches in all sorts of acrobatic poses while searching for insects 🐦🌿🪲

🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
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A Japanese Tit perched upside down on a tree branch, showing its black head, white cheeks, and pale belly against a background of blurred green leaves.
October 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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The Large-billed Crow is a common sight in Japan, and it definitely makes its presence known with that powerful beak!

It is said that crows are capable of recognizing human faces, and this one was staring right at us... 👹

🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
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A Large-billed Crow standing on tree roots covered with moss, holding a piece of food in its beak. Its glossy black plumage shows bluish and purple reflections in the sunlight.
October 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Have you ever seen a Japanese Kingfisher? Now you have. The colors look a bit different (maybe slightly duller?) compared to their European relatives. 

We found this one at the fantastic Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park (www.wildbirdpark.jp) 🌿🎍

🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
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A Common Kingfisher perched on a short branch above the water. In the first photo it’s seen from the side, showing its long dark bill, orange underparts, and turquoise-green wings. In the second, it’s seen from behind, highlighting the bright blue streak down its back and tail.
September 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM