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Gibraltar, east side, and Algeciras beyond the bayhttps://nightingaletrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/14dec10-gibraltar-ariel-views-3-e1319806318226.jpgBanking around the northern tip of GibraltarBanking around the northern tip of the Rockhttps://nightingaletrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/14dec10-gibraltar-ariel-views-2-e1319806501668.jpgApproaching Gibraltar'slanding stripApproaching the landing strip2014-02-08T15:54:36+00:00monthlyhttps://nightingaletrails.com/2014/02/08/purple-gallinule-or-swamp-hen/https://nightingaletrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/080203tgsp-purple-swamp-hen-guadiaro-reserve-brighter-e1391867889527.jpg080203-Purple Swamp Hen-Guadiaro ReserveA gorgeously glossy Purple Gallinulehttps://nightingaletrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/080203tgsp-purple-swamp-hen-guadiaro-reserve1-e1391865405378.jpg080203TGSP-Purple Swamp Hen-Guadiaro ReserveThe Purple Gallinule, or Swamp Hen is unlikely to be confused with anything 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I photographed this one at Laguna Sidonia Medinahttps://nightingaletrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/080504tgsp-purple-swamp-hen-alarmed-guadiaro-reserve.jpg080504TGSP-Purple Swamp Hen running, flapping wings and flashing its rump-Guadiaro EstuaryAn alarmed bird running, flapping its wings and flashing its ruffled white rumphttps://nightingaletrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/080921tgsp-purple-swamp-hen-squawking-guadiaro-reserve.jpg080921TGSP-Purple Swamp Hen squawking while stalking-Guadiaro ReservePurple Swamp Hen squawking whilst stalking along the edge of the lagoonhttps://nightingaletrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/080504tgsp-purple-swamp-hen-eating.jpg080504TGSP-Purple Swamp Hen eating-Guadiaro ReserveThe foot clasping food is raised up towards the billhttps://nightingaletrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/080101tgsp-purple-swamp-hen-feeding-guadiaro-reserve.jpg080101TGSP-Purple Swamp Hen feeding-Guadiaro ReserveFood item is grasped with the long toes then lifted up towards the bill2014-03-06T16:14:36+00:00monthlyhttps://nightingaletrails.com/2011/02/17/trip-to-la-janda-gonhs/2014-02-04T16:56:10+00:00monthlyhttps://nightingaletrails.com/2011/01/29/acacia-or-mimosa/2014-02-04T16:46:36+00:00monthlyhttps://nightingaletrails.com/2011/01/25/orange-season/2014-02-04T16:39:32+00:00monthlyhttps://nightingaletrails.com/2013/07/24/the-spotted-flycatcher-2/https://nightingaletrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/090529tgspn-spotted-flycatcher-sotogrande-garden-1.jpg090529TGSPN-Spotted Flycatcher-Sotogrande, Spain29/5/09-On top of the shower pipe in typical slightly hunched hunting posehttps://nightingaletrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/110520tgspn-spotted-flycatcher-cork-oak-sotogrande-4.jpg110520TGSPN-Spotted Flycatcher in a Cork Oak tree-Sotogrande, SpainA Spotted Flycatcher hunting from a Cork Oak Treehttps://nightingaletrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/f78394286.jpg060506TGSP-Red Admiral-Sotogrande, SpainThe Red Admiral before it was snatched away by the Spotted Flycatcherhttps://nightingaletrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/060507tgspn-spotted-flycatcher-sotogrande-garden.jpg060507TGSP-Spotted Flycatcher on Yucca tree-Sotogrande, Southern SpainI first saw this one on 6/5/07https://nightingaletrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/060622tgspn-spotted-flycatcher-sotogrande-garden-1.jpg0606022TGSP-Spotted Flycatcher on shower pipe-Sotogrande gardenWatching for prey from the top of the shower pipehttps://nightingaletrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/060501tgspn-spotted-flycatcher-new-arrival-to-sotogrande-garden.jpg060501TGSP-Spotted Flycatcher-Sotogrande gardenThis one arrived in the garden on May 1sthttps://nightingaletrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/060624tgspn-spotted-flycatcher-young-in-fig-tree-2.jpg060624TGSPN-Young Spotted Flycatcher-Sotogrande, SpainA closer look at one of the young birdshttps://nightingaletrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/060624tgspn-spotted-flycatcher-young-in-fig-tree-1.jpgKONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://nightingaletrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/060624tgspn-spotted-flycatcher-young-in-fig-tree.jpgKONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://nightingaletrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/060617tgspn-spotted-flycatcher-young-bird-very-close.jpgKONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA2014-02-08T16:44:08+00:00monthlyhttps://nightingaletrails.com/2013/07/24/a-note-of-thanks/2022-06-27T12:02:02+00:00monthlyhttps://nightingaletrails.com/2011/06/03/springs-promise-of-new-life-fulfilled/https://nightingaletrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/3jun11-sotolcl-mallow-pale-pink-1-e1307284414756.jpg3JUN11-tgsotolcl-Dwarf Mallow - 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