G called me to the window to check on a "huge bird" she had seen going overhead, then trying to land in a tree in the neighbour´s garden. By the time I got to the window, it had moved to a tree a bit further away, but I took a couple of photos anyway.
It was a large grey heron - probably about 4 or 5 feet tall and I would guess weighing a few pounds. How the hell it managed to perch in the tiny fronds at the top of that tree is a mystery.
It stayed for a few minutes, then uttered a couple of croaks and naffed off in a westward direction. Whether it had seen another heron or had worked out where Mijas and/or Alhaurin golf ponds (stocked with fish) were I do not know.
Well, actually I think I do know, as G reckoned she saw it drop this bit of paper as it flew over.
Obviously it was on its way from central Africa to the Doñana nature reserve and had stopped to get its bearings (and a snack).
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