Photos from Lisbon ( part one )

Lovely photos. The Bee-eaters are absolute stunners. Great to see baby Swallows already. At least some of the swifts look to be Pallids, the last one in particular is surely a Pallid Swift.

Stunning photos Galatas, cracking in flight shots and the Barn Swallow feeding his mate was amazing, great timing.     The Bee Eater is so very colourful and exotic, would love to see one of those.   Thanks for sharing and glad you had such a great trip.

Thanks for that Aiki. We did wonder as there appeared to be two distinct types in the air at once.

Thanks for the comment Hazy.

Fantastic photos

John

You've done very well with the flight shots of some fast flying species here Galatas - I guess that good light, allowing fast shutter speeds helped, but it still can't have been easy.

aiki said:

At least some of the swifts look to be Pallids, the last one in particular is surely a Pallid Swift.

Galatas said:

Thanks for that Aiki. We did wonder as there appeared to be two distinct types in the air at once.

I don't think I'd describe Pallid Swifts as particularly distinct! Definitely some Pallid in these shots though (the last three swift photos I reckon)

Birds I've never seen, amazing.   Love the colours of the bee eaters, and are the barn swallows bigger than ours, what a shot of them feeding in mid-air.   Fantastic, well done Galatas.

Great flight shots, Galatas. Lovely to see the Bee-eaters, such exotic looking birds.

Thanks Bob.

gaynorsl said:

......................are the barn swallows bigger than ours ?

Barn Swallows are the ones we get here Gaynor.

Stunning shots! Amazed at the Barn swallows getting a brood in already! Wow!