Face to Beak ! - a photo on Flickriver

Face to Beak !

            While exploring the dunes at Toston I walked out of a dip and was literally face to beak with a Canarian Southern Grey Shrike (Lanius meridionalis koenigi)

It blinked but didn't fly so I backed off carefully until it was the minimum focus range away so I could take some photographs.  On full zoom on the lens this was how close I was, the rest of the bird didn't fit in the shot.

A sub-species of Southern Grey Shrike found only on the Canaries, I suspect I'll probably never be as close to a Shrike again as it sat happily on the rocks and had a full preen, it was still sat there when I left.  

There may be some more photos of this bird to come !

Taken in: España / Islas Canarias / La Oliva (show map)

Taken on: February 17, 2019

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