Pallid Harrier, Cretzschmar's Bunting, Hoopoe, Black Francolin & many more

[micloi]

After a few months break from bird photography due to the birth of my daughter I managed to go to a few birding excursions while on a trip to Cyprus for her christening.

Below a selection of the photos I took:

Pallid Harrier

Masked Shrike

Kentish Plover

Hoopoe

Female Common Kestrel

Cretzschmar's Bunting

 

[micloi]

Black Francolin

Isabbeline Wheatear

Male Common Kestrel

 

[DerekLees]

Nice varied collection of images, all well taken.
I particularly like the Black Francolin image, where the dark plumage stands out well from the background.

 

[htid]

Nice selection there, agree with Derek that the Francolin is the favourite (for me anyway)

 

[Cuddy]

Quite a few wet dreams for the twitchers there, some excellents shots Michael

 

[cruso]

a very nice set

 

[Duck_Pond]

Lovely set - envious of the light you had too! The harrier is a gem.

 

[gary43]

To add my congrats for putting together such a quality set of images.

No favourite, I would be absolutely delighted with any of these.

 

[micloi]

Thanks everyone, I was indeed very lucky to see so many birds in good weather conditions.