Paphos Life

Today, I could hear the sounds of bee eater in my area, first time this spring, however more important for me was the sound of another bird:

For more than 1/2 hour there were the lovely songs of an nightingale this morning, just 10 m from my house obviously coming from that dense fruit tree. I was hearing the warning sounds of nightingales all winter but today it was the first time with the full scale of their songs and that so close to the house. I am ever so pleased. Now in the afternoon I can hear it again, but a bit further away, so I hope perhaps they are nesting in my area and I will be able to photograph them in future.




Max

Believe it or not, but we have just had the opportunity of a first-ever sighting, for us, of a bird in Cyprus, without any identification difficulty. It was walking around some vegetation in our back garden. It was a fully mature peacock. I have no idea where it came from or where it went but I presume that it was somebody's pet escapee. It obviously must have had its wings unclipped, because it was able to fly. I haven't seen it today but I heard it shortly after dawn. Our helper managed to get a poor photo of it, not worth publishing here unless somebody asks.

Funnily enough we did a walk round Polemi today and though we heard a Bee Eater but though it was too early for them but perhaps it was one.
Love the Bee Eaters such beautiful colours.

There are peacocks behind the petrol station near Polemi.

There have been unusually high numbers of the less common Blue-cheeked Bee-eater migrating thro since the first week of April. The more widely known European Bee-eater has been showing in the last week, and it has been a good spring for Common Nightingales with one bird singing its head off during the day down at Secret Valley golf course.