{"id":2454,"date":"2023-12-12T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/?p=2454"},"modified":"2023-11-21T23:24:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T22:24:58","slug":"advent-calendar-december-12th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/birds-in-spain\/advent-calendar-december-12th\/","title":{"rendered":"Advent Calendar – December 12th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello <\/p>\n

Sometimes images are much better than words …<\/p>\n\n\n

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And sometimes it can be the other way round, if it’s the right number of words, and in the right order. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Nelson Mandela <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I worked this image of a Little Egret<\/strong> from a photograph taken by Adam Crowther in the Ebro Delta<\/strong> in November 2021. I was with him and his wife, Daniela, also a keen amateur wildlife photographer, when he took this photo. They were virtually the first travellers I was fortunate enough to guide after almost two years of forced inactivity, thanks to Covid-you-know-who. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then another two years have passed. You can’t sit still, because life is always in motion; yet if you are too impatient and you make a false move you’ll either scare the fish away, or miss it when you strike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve watched Little Egrets catching little fish before in the Ebro Delta<\/strong>, but I’ve also watched them try and fail. Imagine what would happen if the egrets just gave up after a couple of misses. They don’t. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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