Gallery: Mesmerizing Photos Capture the Flight Patterns of Birds
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Audouin's gull, Ebro delta, Catalonia
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Greater flamingos, Ebro delta, Catalonia
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White stork, Emporda wetlands, Catalonia
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European starlings, Lleida drylands, Catalonia
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Yellow legged gull, Roses, Spain
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Common swifts, Barcelona, Spain
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Black-winged stilt, Ebro delta, Catalonia
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Yellow legger gull, Llobregat delta, Catalonia
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Red-billed chough, Utxesa reservoir, Catalonia
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Great cormorant, Ibars reservoir, Catalonia
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European starling, Utxesa reservoir, Catalonia
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Greater flamingo, Ebro delta, Catalonia
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Common starling, Utxesa reservoir, Catalonia
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