We have just returned from a holiday in Sicily and whilst we were there we visited Vendicari which is Europe's southernmost marshland, a protected reserve covering a pretty lage area area. There are some old structures in the area, such as a late-medieval watch tower and ancient Greek and Roman archaeological sites, but since 1984 building has been prohibited on the private property bordering the preserve.
I did not have a tripod with me as this was not planned trip but there were a couple of birds that it would be great to get an ID on.
This fellow was busy fishing at about the limit of my 100 - 400 so these are cropped to death.
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a closer crop of the above (i know the quality is not that great) shows "The one that got away"
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This little fellow was all of 2 inched long and was only there for a few seconds, He forgot that at posing school they taught him to keep his beak on the camera side of the stem.
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These wetlands are used by migrating flamingo and must look stunning when full, they look pretty good when empty too.
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