A wonderful encounter today with a juvenile Osprey. This is without doubt the most pristine plumage I have seen on an Osprey and its performance showed every aspect of this. I saw the raptor fly in, over the lake at the Lakeside carpark. This was a good first five minutes of birding this morning as the Osprey began its patrol around the lake. The Osprey made several circuits of the lake, I felt sure it wouldn't be too long before it searched out a suitable prey. Over at the San Lourenco lagoon, around fifteen Coots and three Purple Swamphens were wandering about on the golf course green. I preferred to pick two of the Swamphens which had returned to the water's edge for today's records. At Quinta do Lago, the Purple Swamphens are so blatantly obvious and immediately attract your attention. So much so that I had failed to see the pale shape in the reeds to the left. My previous sightings of Little Bittern here, have been either brief flight shots between the reeds or, a partial view only. Todays' views of this super bittern were staggering and a considerable time was spent with it in close proximity. Comments are closed.
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