pajareo
@pajareo
this mysterious account will post about birds 🪶 through different topics that we love like photography 📷, art 🎨, data 📊, books 📚 and more birds 🦅🦆🦉🐦🐤🐧 based in Seville, Spain ☀️
Black-headed Gulls are now in breeding season (at least in the UK, where we took this shot). We know because of the beautiful dark chocolate hood 🪶🍫 📍 Liverpool, England 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
Look at this fluffy round little beauty! European Robins sing almost all year round, even through winter 🎶 and, unlike many songbirds, both males and females use song to defend their territories when food becomes scarce ❄️ 📍 Liverpool, England 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
Here the White Stork stands alone. Its partner is gone, but it stays behind, faithfully guarding the nest. Someone has to keep watch 🪺 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
These White Storks are wishing everyone a happy 2026 birding year 🎉🎊 May your days be filled with feathers, flights, and surprises 🐦✨ 📍 Dehesa de Abajo, Seville, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
That electric blue on the kingfisher isn’t paint, it’s physics ✨ The brightest feathers (on the mantle and rump) show structural coloration: microscopic structures reflect light and create that metallic turquoise, shifting with the viewing angle. 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
The Bluethroat is one of those birds that feels almost unreal when you see it in good light. That electric blue throat patch looks like it was painted on just to show off. Fun fact: males can flash or hide that blue bib depending on mood ✨ 📍 Doñana, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
Meet the Monk Parakeet: once “just an exotic pet”, now part of Seville's everyday soundtrack 🦜🦜🦜 These guys originally came caged decades ago, but since around 1990, they’ve turned into full-blown urban colonists. Now there are over 5,500 of them 🤯 📍 Seville, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
This one was drying its wings and really showing them off. The black fringe between the feathers is so distinctive 🪶🪶🪶
The White-cheeked Starling (or Mukudori in Japanese) is a city regular here in Japan. You’ll spot them in parks (as in this case), temples, or even near train stations 🏯⛩️🎍 📍 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
This White Wagtail is still a juvenile (you can tell by its plumage) but already a proper sailor! ⚓ 📍 BIlbao 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
These two aren't gargoyles, just a pair of Western Jackdaws, and they are probably gossiping judging by those curious eyes 👀 📍 Conil, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
The Zitting Cisticola is tiny but loud! Their “zit-zit-zit” song gives them their name. We often spot them hovering over fields like little sparks of sound and motion. Not all of them are as fluffy as this one, though 💛 📍 Conil, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
You'll need to convince us that this Common Starling is not an actual muppet. 📍 Conil, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
That tail! The Egyptian Vulture has a distinctive wedge-shaped tail that makes its silhouette easy to spot even from far below. 📍 Bolonia, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
The European Bee-eater is pure color in motion. But the show isn’t just visual, it’s also sound. They fill the air with their soft, trilling calls as they glide and hover 🐝 📍 Caños de Meca Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
Back to the usual suspects (on this account at least). Just a beautiful Spotted Flycatcher waiting quietly on a branch to snatch insects in mid-air 🌿🐦🪰 📍 Caños de Meca, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
There’s something ancient about watching vultures glide. The Griffon Vulture barely moves its wings as it circles the cliffs. Effortless, silent, it hardly needs to move. Just keeps floating over the valley carried only by the wind and the heat rising. 📍 Bolonia, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
We've got to see the mighty Egyptian Vultures! They’re among the few birds known to use tools. They’ll pick up stones to crack open eggs 🧠 We also spotted a few adults with that striking white-and-yellow plumage, but couldn’t get good shots of them. 📍 Bolonia, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
Isn't this shot beautiful? The way the Griffon Vultures blend into the rocky cliff, standing out against the plain background almost like a papercut ⛰️ 📍 Bolonia, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
The Griffon Vulture is an absolute giant of the sky. With a wingspan that can reach almost 2.8 meters, it glides riding thermals with barely a wingbeat. They also have bad press. Very unfair! They're actually nature’s living recyclers ♻️ 📍 Bolonia, Spain 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
Are there Rock Pigeons in Japan? Of course, as this is probably the most familiar bird in the world. Not bad for all the hate they get 🕊️❤️ 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
This Little Egret decided to show up in its yellow socks this morning 🧦 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
How awesome is the scaled pattern of the plumage of this Great Cormorant. Also, the glossy black with a on the wings combined with the yellow throat patch looks pretty badass 🦇 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
Ospreys are fairly common in Japan. This one was being bothered by a group of Large-Billed Crows, probably expecting a price in the shape of a bird. What is unclear is what's the object hanging from the tree branch... ideas? ⛩️ 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
Believe it or not, Little Ringed Plovers are masters of camouflage. You can only notice them once they start running. This little cutie was foot-stamping the ground. It is believed that they do it to mimic raindrops, encouraging subterranean prey to surface 🤯 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 🪶 #Birds 📷 #Photography
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