A successful twitch for the White-tailed Tropicbird. Lots of Great Shearwaters on the journey over. Been a significant influx of seabirds to Corvo/Flores this year with reports of 1000+ Great Shearwater, 1 Trindade Petrel, 1 Fea's/Zino's Petrel, 1 Madeiran Petrel, 2 Leach's Petrel, 1 Grey Phalarope, Fulmar and of course the Tropicbird so in all points towards a displacement into our region. Jammed into the juvenile Marsh Hawk on Flores and the Purple Martin was flying around the guesthouse when we got back.
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Top flipping tropicbird! Nice one.
PS. What is the average age of the 'birders' out there this year, it seems it has increased again. Don't remember the oldies on the first trip :)
It is getting a bit Dad's army but good old boys- Ingvar can't move after doing his back in on the journey back from Flores (PS The Mermaid Captainess was on the boat again!!! )
so lovely! reminds me of my time as an expat in Bermuda - these birds frequented the island and they were never a boring sight!
This bird may well have come from Bermuda. It is one of the golden morph types too- even more stunning.
Aaaaah, the Flores mermaid, *sigh*.
PS. I'm sending you an email.
PPS. say 'hello' to Pierre, Eric, Vincent and David for me.
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