Mark Lopez

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What a bird!
Yellow Bitterns were quite common and very confiding
MNH at Singapore Botanic Gardens, 8th March
Shockingly bad pick of one of the YBWs at King George VI Park
Terrible shot of the AGP; distant, hazy, blah blah. BB Sand was just too far for my point and shoot.
A large flock of White Storks was video'd and put on the local wildlife FB page asking for ID. I didn't catch up with those so it was nice when it turned out what must've been 6 of the flock dropped in to the patch. Presumably they had roosted the night before and stayed for a couple of hours before heading off SW. Knepp birds or not, decent to see
African Blue Tit of the form degener, only present on Fuerteventura and Lanzarote
Barolo Shearwater
Canary Islands Chaffinch of the GC endemic ssp bakeri at Los Tilos. Visible singing through a small window of vegetation!
The main birding reason for visiting GC! Gran Canaria Blue Chaffinch is incredibly range restricted, limited to two populations in the mountainous interior of Gran Canaria. The birds were in good voice on my visit to the pine forests, with at least 6 singing birds heard
Typically (for me) terrible flight shot