rock bunting

Unfortunately the perches, also the one of the Cirl Bunting that I posted before, are not the nicest. Both Buntings sp. like winyards and unfortunately these days the poles are all metal.

these beautiful buntings breed higher up in the mountains but move down into the valleys in the winter

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Rock Bunting, ad male. Rio de Onor ( extreme NE Portugal). December 2015.

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And my 2nd post of the year had to be a bird!!! :-O I'm horribly busy these days, no time to sort out pictures so just picked up this that I had processed some time ago and still had not shared. Too close and not much to do for a composition (|^|) but it was great to have a close encounter at...

Another from the Gredos Adventure with Jamiedude. Checking my Rock Bunting pics from that weekend to upload one (it's a newbie for my gallery, :bounce:) I found this one that looked mega-cute to my eyes just had to share it here at any cost!!! o:) A too close encounter I shot over 100 frames...

Our new pond seems to be having more success than the birdtable did over Christmas.

tripod; -0.33 EV; 1/500s; f/6.3; ISO 200 In the last few days I've been exploring the karst hills close to my home - usually it is a bone-dry rocky land, interspersed with white calcar stones, aromatic herbs and low bushes and shrubs ... due to this wet spring vegetation is at its best...