The Bluethroat is one of those birds that feels almost unreal when you see it in good light. That electric blue throat patch looks like it was painted on just to show off. Fun fact: males can flash or hide that blue bib depending on mood ✨ 📍 Doñana, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Meet the Monk Parakeet: once “just an exotic pet”, now part of Seville's everyday soundtrack 🦜🦜🦜 These guys originally came caged decades ago, but since around 1990, they’ve turned into full-blown urban colonists. Now there are over 5,500 of them 🤯 📍 Seville, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Bird of the day is #CootsAndMoorhens 🪶 This one is beautiful not only because of how she looks, but also because it is an endangered species being recovered in the local area 🖤

The White-cheeked Starling (or Mukudori in Japanese) is a city regular here in Japan. You’ll spot them in parks (as in this case), temples, or even near train stations 🏯⛩️🎍 📍 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

This White Wagtail is still a juvenile (you can tell by its plumage) but already a proper sailor! ⚓ 📍 BIlbao 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

These two aren't gargoyles, just a pair of Western Jackdaws, and they are probably gossiping judging by those curious eyes 👀 📍 Conil, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

The Zitting Cisticola is tiny but loud! Their “zit-zit-zit” song gives them their name. We often spot them hovering over fields like little sparks of sound and motion.  Not all of them are as fluffy as this one, though 💛 📍 Conil, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

You'll need to convince us that this Common Starling is not an actual muppet. 📍 Conil, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

The European Bee-eater is pure color in motion. But the show isn’t just visual, it’s also sound. They fill the air with their soft, trilling calls as they glide and hover 🐝 📍 Caños de Meca Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Back to the usual suspects (on this account at least). Just a beautiful Spotted Flycatcher waiting quietly on a branch to snatch insects in mid-air 🌿🐦🪰 📍 Caños de Meca, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Heron 🖤

There’s something ancient about watching vultures glide. The Griffon Vulture barely moves its wings as it circles the cliffs.  Effortless, silent, it hardly needs to move. Just keeps floating over the valley carried only by the wind and the heat rising. 📍 Bolonia, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

We've got to see the mighty Egyptian Vultures! They’re among the few birds known to use tools. They’ll pick up stones to crack open eggs 🧠 We also spotted a few adults with that striking white-and-yellow plumage, but couldn’t get good shots of them. 📍 Bolonia, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Isn't this shot beautiful? The way the Griffon Vultures blend into the rocky cliff, standing out against the plain background almost like a papercut ⛰️ 📍 Bolonia, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

The Griffon Vulture is an absolute giant of the sky. With a wingspan that can reach almost 2.8 meters, it glides riding thermals with barely a wingbeat. They also have bad press. Very unfair! They're actually nature’s living recyclers ♻️ 📍 Bolonia, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Are there Rock Pigeons in Japan? Of course, as this is probably the most familiar bird in the world. Not bad for all the hate they get 🕊️❤️ 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

This Little Egret decided to show up in its yellow socks this morning 🧦 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

How awesome is the scaled pattern of the plumage of this Great Cormorant. Also, the glossy black with a on the wings combined with the yellow throat patch looks pretty badass 🦇 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Ospreys are fairly common in Japan. This one was being bothered by a group of Large-Billed Crows, probably expecting a price in the shape of a bird. What is unclear is what's the object hanging from the tree branch... ideas? ⛩️ 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Believe it or not, Little Ringed Plovers are masters of camouflage. You can only notice them once they start running. This little cutie was foot-stamping the ground. It is believed that they do it to mimic raindrops, encouraging subterranean prey to surface 🤯 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

This one’s a younger Grey Heron, with streaks along its neck and a slightly scruffier look than the smooth, clean plumage of adults. Still, it already carries itself with that unmistakable heron poise, always ready to strike 🐟⚡ 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

This Great Egret is waiting patiently before striking with lightning speed to catch fish 🐟⚡ 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Say hi to this Chinese spot-billed duck, an Anatinae (dabbling duck) that breeds in East and Southeast Asia.  Unlike many ducks, it doesn’t migrate long distances. Look how calm it looks. Pretty sure it's going to stay local all year round. 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

The most common sparrow in Japan is not the House Sparrow, as it happens in Europe, but the Tree Sparrow. This one was literally doing what Theodore Roosevelt once counseled: “Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.” 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

The Japanese Tit is closely related to the European Great Tit. It's hard to tell them apart tbh. This one never seemed to stop moving, hanging from branches in all sorts of acrobatic poses while searching for insects 🐦🌿🪲 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

The Large-billed Crow is a common sight in Japan, and it definitely makes its presence known with that powerful beak! It is said that crows are capable of recognizing human faces, and this one was staring right at us... 👹 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Have you ever seen a Japanese Kingfisher? Now you have. The colors look a bit different (maybe slightly duller?) compared to their European relatives.  We found this one at the fantastic Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park (www.wildbirdpark.jp) 🌿🎍 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Isn't this collared dove a gentle-looking bird? Fact: This species actually spread across Europe only in the 20th century. An impressive range expansion for such a calm, quiet bird. 📍 Seville, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Spotted flycatcher is a personal favorite. These little birds are masters of HAWKING: a feeding strategy consisting of sallying out from a perch to snatch an insect mid-air and then returning to the same or a different perch 🐦🎯🪰 📍 Seville, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

This young Greenfinch is showing up from time to time in our terrace. The new feeder with seeds is definitely working but still there's like some judgement in their eyes 🧐 📍 Seville, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

This European Stonechat is a tiny bird with a lot of attitude. Males show off striking plumage, like they’re always dressed for the occasion. Fun fact: their name comes from their sharp call, which sounds like two stones clicking together 🪨💥🪨 📍 Luque, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

How many times have you seen a common sparrow hanging out the laundry? This little cutie is only a few weeks old and looks a bit lost 👕👖👗🧺 📍 Seville, Spain  🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Herons are truly zen hunters. The wait at a fallen tree, half-hidden in shadow, in front of still waters with dark reflections give the moment a quiet, mysterious weight. 📍 Berlin, Germany 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Watcha lookin' at, hooded crow? This one is probably heading to the raven's rave. 📍 Berlin, Germany 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Spotted a great spotted woodpecker today! 🪵🔨 Fun fact: these birds can peck up to 20 times per second without getting a headache, thanks to special shock-absorbing structures in their skulls! 🪶 #Birds 📍 Alamillo park, Seville 📷 #Photography

Look at this little beauty we with a not-so-little beak we came across! Kingfishers have excellent vision not only in air but also underwater. Their eyes even have two "foveae" (focal points), so they can adjust their vision for water when diving 🤿 📍Sevilla, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Although this wood duck lives in Spain, it’s a great excuse to share a fun fact about its North American cousins: these are one of the few ducks that nest in trees! Thanks to their claws, they can perch on branches like feathered acrobats 🌳🦆 📍 Cañada de los Pájaros, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

"You're obsessed with birds, you need to look for other hobbies" So we started doing ceramics. How do you like it? 🪶 #Birds

A couple of mindblowing facts about chaffinch songs: 1) They learn their songs by listening to adults. Their song isn’t innate, it’s acquired 🤯 2) Their songs vary geographically, forming regional "dialects", similar to human language development 🤯 📍Córdoba, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Female indian peafowls are not as flamboyant as the male ones, it's just a different, some would say more elegant, type of beauty 💅 📍 Cañada de los Pájaros, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Estrildas are not just pretty—they’re musical too! 🎶 These tiny birds often sing duets or choruses with their mates. It's believed that this is a way to communicate and strengthen bonds. 📍Sevilla, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

We would think that the ruddy shelduck is a duck, as its common name appears to indicate. The truth is that it behaves more like a goose in many ways! They're monogamous and fiercely territorial during breeding season 🪿 📍 Cañada de los Pájaros, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

We know it's not good practice to anthropomorphize animals, but this hoopoe is definitely judging us 🧐 📍Sevilla, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

We found this black-tailed godwit at a wetland. When you see them walking, it's hard to believe they are record-breaking migrators. They've been known to make nonstop flights of over 6,000 kilometers without landing 🛫 📍 Faro, Portugal 🪶 #Birds #WadingAround 📷 #Photography

This white stork enjoying its Saturday tai chi session 🧘‍♂️ 📍 Cañada de los Pájaros, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

How happy does this cirl bunting look bathing in a puddle? 📍 Costa Vicentina, Portugal 🪶 #Birds  📷 #Photography

Looks like we have a visitor! Turns out a bowl full of seeds is the perfect way to make new greenfinch friends 🥣 📍 Seville, Spain 🪶 #Birds  📷 #Photography

Male Mandarin ducks are something else, aren't they? At least when it comes to aesthetics.  📍 Cañada de los Pájaros, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Just a European Stonechat practicing its balance exercises 📍 Doñana, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

This Red-knobbed coot knows how to strike a sexy pose. Just look at that gaze! 😍 📍 Cañada de los Pájaros, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography