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For us to sit in one place for two weeks, especially anchorages as busy as those around Faro and Culatra Island, takes a special draw. Here it is the bird life of the Parque National de Ria Formosa.<\/p>\n
There are miles of shoreline and wetlands, with thousands of birds to watch.<\/p>\n
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We’ve often anchored Wind Horse<\/em> as close as a boat length from the shoreline, in order to get the best view of the egrets and storks feeding. At other times we’ve been out in the dinghy, or on occasion crawling in the mud to get a better shot.<\/p>\n The equipment used is primarily as follows: Canon 7D body, Canon 100\/400 zoom, Canon 500mm F.4 prime, together with a Wimberly panning head on a carbon tripod. The latter is used from the deck of Wind Horse<\/em> and from the dinghy where we tie the three legs of the tripod to the steering station. On occasion, the 500 F4 is hand held.<\/p>\n Click here for the Slide Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"