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This is a nest of Polistes gallicus that I ...
Α paper wasp nest with several adults of the Polistes
Hunting over our village but not many snakes around here.
Flying over agricultural fields
La planta és Orobanche crenata ? The plant is bean broomrape ?
Coastal marshes/Mediterranean Gardens.
Circling in a cove giving some unusual views from above.
Soaring over village on limestone outcrop in foothills of Los Serranos ...
Garden on limestone outcrop in foothills of Los Serranos mountains.
Soaring with the Buzzard over agricultural land.
I spotted this bird in Poikilo mountain, Peristeri, Attica, Greece
Black and yellow social insect, with brown transparent wings and orange ...
Although these look large, they're actually half the size of a fully grown ...
Polistes gallicus (also historically ...
Hovering like a giant Kestrel but looking for large snakes!
Also known as Short-toed snake Eagle as its favourite diet is Snakes.
Two together but not close enough to get in the same shot.
Flying over mountain airfield with scattered trees and bushes at nearly 4,000'.
Today we revisited the cove where we saw the Short-toed Eagle and found it's ...
These are migrants and summer visitors to this area.
Larger than the previous wasp species, resting on a lily pad.
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This wasp presents typical torax and abdomen strippedof in bright yellow and ...
Medium-sized raptor with distinctive head shape. It was perched on the top of a ...
Hovering over the hillside near our house. This is a second calender year bird, ...
As I was watching a couple of Booted eagles, this huge guy appeared in the sky ...
Thought there were two Buzzrds togeter as normal but the second one turned out ...
Yellow and black colored paper wasp. Legs hang down while in flight. Long ...
Hi! I need help to ID this bird of prey. I think it is Hieraaetus pennatus... ...
P. Gallicus and P. Dominula are the 2 most ...
From the moulting pattern on the wings this appears to be the same bird seen ...
62–67 cm (2 ft 0 in–2 ft 2 in) long with a 170–185 cm (5 ft 7 in–6 ft 1 in) ...
Wings long, broad and pale; underparts pale and barred. Head and neck look ...