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

Ospreys are the only raptor that eats almost exclusively fish! They dive feet-first into the water to snatch their prey, which is pretty badass 🎣 📍 Seville, Spain 🪶 #Birds #Flyday 📷 #Photography

This beauty is a Mediterranean Gull. In Spanish, it's called "Gaviota cabecinegra," which means "black-headed gull." Funny enough, there's also a species named the Black-headed Gull, but in Spanish it's called "Gaviota reidora," meaning "laughing gull" 🤪 📍 Tavira, Portugal 🪶 #Birds  📷 #Photography

This poor flamingo has lost a leg! Just kidding. By standing on one leg, a bird reduces by half the heat lost through its bare limbs. Birds are all about efficiency! 📍 Dehesa de Abajo, Spain 🪶 #Birds  📷 #Photography

The funny gesture of this Common wood pigeon suggest genuine curiosity. Pigeons bob their heads to stabilize their vision and see the world around them 🕊️ 📍 Rota (Cádiz) Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Isn’t it funny how white wagtails walk? Like they got somewhere important to be. 📍 Seville, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

This Marbled duck is part of a conservation program, as the species is sadly endangered. It’s heartening to see efforts like this helping support their recovery 💚 📍 Cañada de los Pájaros, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Black kites look pretty fierce and intimidating, but they don’t usually hunt. They're more like scavengers just looking for an easy meal. 📍 Seville, Spain 🪶 #Birds #FlyDay 📷 #Photography

The sandpiper is always between land and sea, following the line where the two worlds meet 📍 Rota (Cádiz), Spain 🪶 #Birds #WadingAround 📷 #Photography

Woodchat shrikes are like miniature raptors in disguise; and this one is almost certainly scanning for prey. 📍 Rota (Cádiz), Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

This European robin followed us for a while. Curious or territorial? Either way, we loved the company 🐦❤️ 📍 Rota (Cádiz), Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

To celebrate World Curlew Day, here’s a photo of a curlew carrying a feather in its beak, for reasons only it knows (we’re not judging!) 📍 Faro, Portugal 🪶 #Birds #Curlew #WorldCurlewDay #Photography #WadingAround

We love this one: the pure colors and high contrast of the image are reminiscent of an ink illustration. The Eurasian magpie is the only non-mammalian species known to pass the mirror test (though maybe not this particular one) 🤯 📍 Rota (Cádiz), Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

This Sardinian warbler is not great at hiding behind pine leaves. 📍 Rota (Cádiz), Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

To celebrate #FlyDay, here's a group of both elegant and extremely noisy little terns. It really was a mesmerizing view 😍 📍 Rota (Cádiz), Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

This Eurasian whimbrel seems to be taking a moment to reflect on life’s choice. Or maybe is just tired of chasing 🦀🦀🦀 📍 Rota (Cádiz), Spain 🪶 #Birds #WadingAround 📷 #Photography

A proud European serin, just about to begin his solo a cappella performance. These tiny finches are true nature’s music boxes 🎶 📍 Rota (Cádiz), Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

The Eurasian collared dove’s design is quietly striking: soft gray-beige tones, clean lines, and a smooth, graceful form. Its eye, minimal and unblinking, holds something quietly alien, like a detail from another world. 📍 Rota (Cádiz), Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

A lady goldfinch giving us a scene as serene as a pastoral dream 🌼 📍 Rota (Cádiz), Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

Let's finish the week with this gorgeous, gorgeous Red-crested pochard. He is gorgeous, isn't he? #gorgeous 📍 Cañada de los Pájaros, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography

What might this Eastern red-rumped swallow be thinking of? Perhaps in her last journey, as they migrate long distances across Asia. Small bird, big traveler ✈️ 📍 Seville, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography