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Birds of the world 🌍🦜🌎 Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NorthAmericanBirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NorthAmericanBirds</a> | <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RedShoulderedHawk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RedShoulderedHawk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ButeoLineatus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ButeoLineatus</a> | <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hawks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hawks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HawkFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HawkFamily</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BuzzardFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BuzzardFamily</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BirdsOfPrey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BirdsOfPrey</a> 📷: Photo by peteyp8🦜 <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birdsoftheworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#birdsoftheworld</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#birds</a>

Birds of the world 🌍🦜🌍🌏 Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EurasianBirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EurasianBirds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EuropeanBirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EuropeanBirds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AsianBirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AsianBirds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AfricanBirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AfricanBirds</a> | <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CommonBuzzard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommonBuzzard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ButeoButeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ButeoButeo</a> | <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HawkFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HawkFamily</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BirdsOfPrey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BirdsOfPrey</a> 📷: Photo by Kackla🦜 <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birdsoftheworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#birdsoftheworld</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#birds</a>

Vivienne DunstanSome <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photos</a> from my husband's Saturday afternoon <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/walk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#walk</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DightyBurn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DightyBurn</a> wooded <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/river" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#river</a> valley near our home in eastern <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Dundee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dundee</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Dighty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dighty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Monifieth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monifieth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BroughtyFerry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BroughtyFerry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Angus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Angus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Tayside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tayside</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Birding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BirdPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BirdPhotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BirdingPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BirdingPhotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Pigeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pigeon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Pigeons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pigeons</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WoodPigeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodPigeon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WoodPigeons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WoodPigeons</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Buzzard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RailwayHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RailwayHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Viaduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Viaduct</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Viaducts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Viaducts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rivers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Wood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wood</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Woods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Woods</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Dipper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dipper</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Dippers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dippers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DipperBird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DipperBird</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DipperBirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DipperBirds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wildlife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Countryside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Countryside</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UrbanNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UrbanNature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CityWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CityWildlife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Water</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Reflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reflection</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Reflections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reflections</a>

Vivienne DunstanSome <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photos</a> from my husband's Wednesday <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/walk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#walk</a> in mid/west <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Dundee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dundee</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a>. Have to include some of the amazing <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#buzzards</a> he saw, including flying above <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DundeeLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DundeeLaw</a>, as well as his view from there towards <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BroughtyCastle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BroughtyCastle</a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BellRockLighthouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BellRockLighthouse</a> beyond. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BroughtyFerry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BroughtyFerry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Tayside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tayside</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Angus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Angus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Seaside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Seaside</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Tay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tay</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RiverTay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RiverTay</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Lighthouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lighthouse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BellRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BellRock</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Buzzard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Birding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BirdPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BirdPhotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BirdingPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BirdingPhotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Castle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Castle</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Castles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Castles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NorthSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NorthSea</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Tunnel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tunnel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Tunnels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tunnels</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Wood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wood</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Woods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Woods</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RailwayHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RailwayHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RailwayTunnels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RailwayTunnels</a>

IngloriousBustardsA steady flow of migratory soaring <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birds</a> in front of our guests and a fitting end to their <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a> adventures yesterday!713 Booted <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Eagles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eagles</a>, 253 Short-toed Eagles, Egyptian <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Vultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vultures</a>, Black Kites, European Honey <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a>, Marsh Harriers, Eurasian <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Sparrowhawks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sparrowhawks</a>, Alpine <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Swifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Swifts</a>, 93 Black Storks and 14 White <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Storks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Storks</a>.To top the day two imm Rüppell´s Vultures cruised overheadPics - Booted Eagles, Short-toed Eagle and Rüppell´s Vulture.

IngloriousBustardsThe flow of migratory soaring <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birds</a> continues and with careful positioning we have been right in the flow of this migration party!Experiencing thousands of soaring Egyptian <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Vultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vultures</a>, Booted and Short-toed <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Eagles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eagles</a>, European Honey <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a>, Montagu´s and Marsh <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Harriers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Harriers</a>, Black Kites and Black and White <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Storks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Storks</a> all coming together overhead to make the challenging crossing of The <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Straits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Straits</a>. Awesome <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a>!

IngloriousBustardsOur guests have been enjoying some magical <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a> here at the epicentre of migration in The <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Straits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Straits</a> !A near constant flow of European Honey <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a>, shadowed by the ever flowing Black <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Kites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kites</a>, increasing numbers of Booted and Short-toed <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Eagles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eagles</a>, Egyptian <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Vultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vultures</a>, Montagu’s <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Harriers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Harriers</a>, Black <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Storks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Storks</a> with dazzling arrays of White Storks in their thousands ! This IS the <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#migration</a> party to be at !Here a migrating Booted Eagle takes a swerve to check us out ☺️

IngloriousBustardsY’day with a strengthening <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/levante" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#levante</a> near <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Tarifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tarifa</a> where masses of Black <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Kites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kites</a> and European Honey <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a> were gathering due to the wind as they danced over our heads!Then a visit to las <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/marismas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#marismas</a> where we encountered migratory <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/shorebirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shorebirds</a> including Little <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Stints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Stints</a> and Curlew <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Sandpipers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sandpipers</a> as we observed Audouin’s and Slender-billed <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Gulls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gulls</a>! The Northern Bald <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Ibis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ibis</a> came into to greet us and we also encountered migrants from the <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/campo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#campo</a> like this juv Woodchat <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Shrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Shrike</a> and Eurasian <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Hoopoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hoopoe</a>.

Vivienne DunstanSome <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photos</a> from my husband's Saturday afternoon <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/walk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#walk</a> near our home in eastern <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Dundee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dundee</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BroughtyFerry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BroughtyFerry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Monifieth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Monifieth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Angus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Angus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Tayside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tayside</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Dighty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dighty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DightyBurn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DightyBurn</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Birding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BirdPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BirdPhotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BirdingPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BirdingPhotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/River" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#River</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rivers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Wren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wren</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Wrens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wrens</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Buzzard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Starling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Starling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Starlings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Starlings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Woods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Woods</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rivers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Wood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wood</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/River" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#River</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wildlife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Countryside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Countryside</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UrbanNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UrbanNature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CityWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CityWildlife</a>

Birds of the world 🌍🦜🌍🌏 Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Eurasianbirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eurasianbirds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Europeanbirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Europeanbirds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Asianbirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Asianbirds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Africanbirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Africanbirds</a> | <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CommonBuzzard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommonBuzzard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hawks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hawks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Raptors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Raptors</a> | <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birdsoftheworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#birdsoftheworld</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#birds</a>🦜

IngloriousBustardsYesterday the wind dropped allowing the gateway of The <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Straits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Straits</a> to open for 226 Griffon <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Vultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vultures</a> to cross carrying with them 2 imm Rüppell´s Vultures! (one ringed)Also crossing imm Egyptian Vulture, 15 Booted <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Eagles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eagles</a>, 7 Short-toed Eagles, 44 Black <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Kites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kites</a> and 3 European Honey <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a>! A tagged 1º Black <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Stork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Stork</a> named Fénix hatched in Madrid last year also made the journey having travelled 11,370km since fledging!

IngloriousBustardsAnother great day of <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a> here today as immature <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birds</a> made up the vast majority of those crossing the <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/14km" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#14km</a> divide !European Honey <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a>, Black <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Kites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kites</a>, Booted and Short-toed <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Eagles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eagles</a>, Marsh Harrier and Griffon <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Vultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vultures</a> flowing over our heads ! 😊

IngloriousBustardsThe passage of <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/raptors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#raptors</a> continues with returning Eurasian Griffon <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Vultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vultures</a> powering across The <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Straits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Straits</a>.The tagged White-backed <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Vulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vulture</a> at the Jbel Moussa on the Moroccan coast of The Straits looked to attempt to cross into Europe today but bottled it! So STILL 2 White-backed and 4 Rüppell´s Vultures tantalising close Europe! Over 600 Griffon Vultures alongside European Honey <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a>, Booted and Short-toed <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Eagles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eagles</a>, Black <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Kites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kites</a> and more were much less hesitant! <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a>

IngloriousBustardsWith continued strong <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/levante" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#levante</a> wind making the <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/14km" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#14km</a> crossing from Africa to Europe even more treacherous for these migratory <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/WindWarriors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WindWarriors</a> the drive to defiantly get to the breeding grounds continues regardless ! The flow of European Honey <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a> attracting their own dedicated admirers, we are of course among them! A Western Black-eared <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Wheatear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wheatear</a> did cause us briefly to avert our gaze from the flow of <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/raptors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#raptors</a>! <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a>

IngloriousBustardsOur day yesterday started out in The <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Straits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Straits</a> among Bottle-nosed Dolphins, Long-finned Pilot Whales and 3 Sperm Whales! Scopoli´s and Balearic Shearwaters cruised by and groups of Atlantic Puffin.Then the flow of migrating European Honey Buzzards was 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄 ! We counted 𝟏,𝟖𝟑𝟔 European Honey <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a> making the crossing from our watchpoints! Alongside 184 Black <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Kites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kites</a>, 28 Short-toed <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Eagles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eagles</a>, 36 Booted Eagles, 2 Black Stork and 46 returning Griffon <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Vultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vultures</a>!

IngloriousBustards440 Black <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Kites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kites</a>, 105 European Honey <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a>, 34 Booted & 23 Short-toed <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Eagles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eagles</a>, Egyptian Vulture, Black and White Storks and 71 returning Griffon <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Vultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vultures</a> as European Bee-eaters piled in y´day!This Short-toed Eagle got a customary Yellow-legged Gull welcome to Europe!

IngloriousBustardsWith the light-to-moderate <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/poniente" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poniente</a> wind we had a nice flow of soaring migrants down the eastern side of The <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Straits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Straits</a> today with building numbers of European Honey <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a> alongside Short-toed and Booted <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Eagles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eagles</a>, Egyptian <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Vultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vultures</a>, Black <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Storks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Storks</a>, returning Griffon Vultures and more! ....here are some of them!<a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/FlywayBirding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FlywayBirding</a> <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/ShowmetheHoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ShowmetheHoney</a>

Birds of the world 🌍🦜🌍 Augur buzzard (Buteo augur) <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Africanbirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Africanbirds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Ethiopianbirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ethiopianbirds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Angolanbirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Angolanbirds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Namibianbirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Namibianbirds</a> | <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hawks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hawks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Accipitridae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Accipitridae</a> | <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mybirdcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mybirdcards</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birdcards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#birdcards</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#birds</a>🦜 <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BirdsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BirdsOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#birds</a>

IngloriousBustardsWe got ourselves in the flow of migrating soaring <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birds</a> yesterday with 12 European Honey <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buzzards</a>, 915 Black <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Kites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kites</a>, 79 Booted and 75 Short-toed <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Eagles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eagles</a>, Black <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Storks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Storks</a>, Montagu´s and Marsh <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Harriers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Harriers</a>, Egyptian <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Vulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vulture</a> and returning Griffon <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/Vultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vultures</a> !Meanwhile downtown a gorgeous and unexpected male 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 joined the migration party! Normally breeding across Eastern Europe it is a welcome vagrant! (Thanks to <a href="https://geekdom.social/tags/amigo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amigo</a> Ricky Owen for news on the Flycatcher!)

Skip Lacaze<a href="https://mastodon.social/@CStamp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@CStamp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@noondlyt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@noondlyt</a> I just looked at Wikipedia’s list of birds called <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/buzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#buzzards</a>—it included almost all of the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Buteos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Buteos</a> whose names I recognize, including <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RedTailedHawks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RedTailedHawks</a>, something I never heard growing up in California. OTOH, my mother and many others called the local <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TurkeyVultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyVultures</a> (Cathartes aura) buzzards or <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TurkeyBuzzards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TurkeyBuzzards</a>.

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