Photo-Gallery: Birds of Malta

By Charlie • May 19, 2007 • 1 comment

A Photo-Gallery from this year’s spring migration in Malta

How Malta’s hunters prefer their Turtle Doves

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A Bee-eater - left to die and found by school-children…

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A Greenshank…mistaken by a Maltese hunter for a Turtle Dove perhaps…

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One of Europe’s rarest raptors, Pallid Harrier, becomes even rarer…

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Another protected raptor, a Marsh Harrier, that tried to roost in Malta

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A Kestrel… after hovering too close to a Maltese hunter?

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An Osprey’s migration is halted by yet another Maltese hunter

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A European Swift, after spending all winter on the wing,
is brought down to earth by a Maltese hunter.

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A Kingfisher gets a face-lift from yet another Maltese hunter.

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All together now…”Get Stuffed”

All Photos © BirdLife Malta

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About the Author

Charlie works for an airline and has birded all over the world for twenty years. He wants to be a writer, and thinks no-one would believe his life could be so charmed if he didn't take photos of as many of the birds he sees as possible. Blogging with 10,000 Birds fits his aims, needs, and insecurities perfectly. Really - do birders get much more fortunate than this?

One Response to “Photo-Gallery: Birds of Malta”

Shailesh Patel. Jul 8th, 2008 at 2:53 am

What is the reason behind the killing and why?.

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