9-4-2016 GANDIA, VALENCIA - EURASIAN HOOPOE (Upupa epops)

9-4-2016 GANDIA,VALENCIA - EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH (MALE) (Carduelis carduelis)

9-4-2016 GANDIA, VALENCIA - EURASIAN BLACKBIRD (MALE) (Turdus merula)

9-4-2016 GANDIA, VALENCIA - EURASIAN BLACKBIRD (FEMALE) (Turdus merula)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12716-Turdus-merula

9-4-2016 GANDIA, VALENCIA - COMMON REDSTART (FEMALE) (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/12992-Phoenicurus-phoenicurus

8-4-2016 RACO DE OLLA, VALENCIA - GREATER FLAMINGO (Phoenicopterus roseus)

8-4-2016 RACO DE OLLA, VALENCIA - GREATER FLAMINGO (JUVENILE) (Phoenicopterus roseus)

8-4-2016 RACO DE OLLA, VALENCIA - PIED AVOCET (Recurvirostra avosetta)

8-4-2016 RACO DE OLLA, VALENCIA - COMMON TERN (Sterna hirundo)

8-4-2016 RACO DE OLLA, VALENCIA - BLACK WINGED STILT (Himantopus himantopus)

8-4-2016 RACO DE OLLA, VALENCIA - BLACK WINGED STILT (JUVENILE) (Himantopus himantopus)

8-4-2016 CATARROJA, VALENCIA - GREY HERON (Ardea cinerea)

7-4-2016 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - COAL TIT (Periparus ater)

26-9-2015 MONTE CORONA,VALENCIA - RED CROSSBILL (FEMALE) (Loxia curvirostra)

The red crossbill or common crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. Crossbills have distinctive mandibles, crossed at the tips, which enable them to extract seeds from conifer cones and other fruits.

Adults are often brightly coloured, with red or orange males and green or yellow females, but there is wide variation in beak size and shape, and call types, leading to different classifications of variants, some of which have been named as subspecies. The species is known as "red crossbill" in North America and "common crossbill" in Europe.

Crossbills are characterized by the mandibles crossing at their tips, which gives the group its English name. Using their crossed mandibles for leverage, crossbills are able to efficiently separate the scales of conifer cones and extract the seeds on which they feed. Adult males tend to be red or orange in colour, and females green or yellow, but there is much variation.

3-1-2016 HONG KONG - CHINESE HWAMEI (Garrulax canorus)

3-1-2016 KOWLOON PARK, HONG KONG - GREATER FLAMINGO (Phoenicopterus roseus)

3-1-2016 KOWLOON PARK, HONG KONG - GREATER FLAMINGO (JUVENILE) (Phoenicopterus roseus)

3-1-2016 HONG KONG - ORIENTAL MAGPIE ROBIN (Copsychus saularis)

3-1-2016 HONG KONG - SPOTTED DOVE (Streptopelia chinensis)

3-1-2016 CENTRAL, HONG KONG - WHITE WAGTAIL (Motacilla alba)