A Perfect Day

Many, many thanks for finding & posting an absolute gem of a vid SC!  Something special for each of us encapsulated in this very clever compilation & just loved the end credits sequence!

A good watch for de-stressing if ever I saw one ... simply fabulous!!!

Edit:  Been researching Jorge Bacelar (Portuguese, I believe) & found FB page containing many interesting black & white photo studies!

That's a beautiful video, Sue. I've been to the south of Portugal but not to that area. The birds there look just as wonderful.

I counted 22 species including what I think is one of the most beautiful raptors. I doubt whether I've got them all correct though.

There was one falcon which I thought I knew what it was but it's not normally seen that far west so not sure.

I wonder what time of year it was shot because a lot of the birds seem to be in winter plumage

Thanks for posting this up Sue and thanks Tony for bumping it up otherwise I may have missed it.   Such a beautiful video, superbly mastered and put together, a real delight to see.

As pure coincidence would have it I had been playing one of my iTunes libraries in the background on my desktop computer whilst catching up with some email correspondence and then before I came on to the Forum I quit ITunes and turned the music off ...........when this video started playing the music I began searching all my new computer buttons wondering why the tune Perfect Day I had been playing just moments earlier from my library hadn't turned off !!!    LOL     I still can't believe the coincidence - that is sooooo Spooky   !    thought I was going bonkers  rofl.      No comments please ;)  !!!  

This video is so lovely, I'm watching it for the third time  as each time I see something I've missed   .......  

Thanks for the comments folks - I was so pleased that other people "got" this video.

These were my IDs of the birds, some more confident than others - I don't know if Teejay thought the same, but I also made it 22 different species:  

First Play

Greater Flamingo, Grey Heron, Wren, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-winged Stilt, Purple Heron, Common Sandpiper, Cormorant, Female or juvenile Merlin, Little Egret and crab, Starling

Replay from 3.45

Red Kite, Black Kite, Bar-tailed Godwit & Dunlin, Robin, White Stork, White Wagtail

Female ducks – don’t seem to be mallard but not sure what they are

Black-winged Kite, Stonechat, Juvenile Ringed Plover, Sanderling, assorted Plovers, Dunlin & Little Egret.  Greater Flamingo encore

Shall watch again now SC, armed with your impressive list! Thanks

I've watched it again and it really is a beautiful video. Although the bird calls were obviously not recorded at the time he's done a good job of dubbing them on the video.

Sue, I pretty much agreed with your ID's except:-

1. I thought your Bar-tailed Godwits were Greenshank but could easily be wrong
2. I didn't see a Red Kite only a Black Kite
3. I think the unidentified ducks were female Teal but not certain
4. I thought your juv Little Ringed Plover was a juv Ringed Plover but may be wrong

I've only seen Black-winged Kites two or three times but they are stunning birds especially when they hover.

Teejay

Re your comments

1. Yes having consulted another guide, I can see why Greenshank is a possibility. It does seem to lack the eyestripe which a b-t godwit is meant to have.

2. The bird circling the building is only seen in silhouette, but seems at one point to have more of a forked tail than a black kite would. I could be wrong though.

3. Teal I can believe

4. We both said juvenile Ringed Plover.

I have only seen a Black-Winged Kite once, hovering over orchards in Extremadura - beautiful. I am off to the Isle of Wight on a birdwatching break in a few days, so this has been good practice. I am really hoping to get to grips with wader IDs.    

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We both said juvenile Ringed Plover.

So you did. Sorry, I misread it. Enjoy your trip to the IOW

Have a good time SC & lots of pics for us to ponder over!! Lol