Tuesday 15 May 2012

Birds of Extremadura, Spain IV

It's another day and I've got more photographs from Extremadura to show you. 


Above: White Stork nests - I don't know how the lower one has managed to stay there! Apparently, it is unusual to find them nesting on rocks like this as they normally can be found on chimneys and other man made structures (pylons for example). Unfortunately we missed out on Black Stork.


Above: A Griffon Vulture. We visited Monfrague National Park where there was a breeding colony of close to 100 pairs!


Above: Those of you who are eagle eyed may be able to see an owl chick on the ledge - a second one is tucked just behind the other. We waited about an hour to see if the adult Eagle Owl would show itself, but alas no.

We did see Blue Rock Thrush here, Red-rumped Swallow (see previous post for photograph), Blackcap, Crag Martin and a pair of Black Redstarts.


Above: A Spotless Starling.



Above: The Sardinian Warbler is a classic skulker - I tried hard to get photographs but they were always mobile and behind a lot of vegetation. This was the best shot.


Above: A Serin. I found these to be quite common around extremadura and I found that their 'jangling' song is very much like the Corn Bunting.


Above: Another common species to be found was Stonechat. I saw several juveniles of this species (as pictured).

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