Thursday, February 19, 2026

14 February 2026 Paphos: Valentines Day and a Whole New Outlook

 


Valentines day brought us some joy.  With the good news of the background check that came in last night, our plans are back on track.  We exchanged cards, smooches and I had a love note ready for Leslie in the morning.  We still both had restless nights, not form anxiety this time but from excitement.  So Leslie got the Zumba dancing started and I took a three mile fast walk to the Paphos headlands to look for the elusive desert finch.  No luck in finding it but I did get to see the very rough surf and high tide.  


Shark!


Some of the buildings like to present a castle like appearance


Too big to move not too big to cut through


Very strong appearance


The hooded crow


A tower of note


Great tit, some bird names are cringy


A big lizard


Common chaffinch


The surface of the sea was all foam


The fort is under siege from the waves


Contemplating


These concrete blocks are usually to feet from the waters edge


Darker clouds off in the distance


Two kinds of plovers


The one in the foreground is a Greater Sand-Plover and in the background is a Black-Bellied Plover


A Common Sandpiper.  Common is the official name even though it is not a common bird


Crested Lark


Greenfinch


Greyhound or Borsi?


Ruddy Turnstone


The waves come in


and wash over the rocks


All the way to the walls


It was been 3 years and 254 days since we began our Migration