tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12684335206219968912024-02-19T11:17:10.819+01:00Field trips - birdwatching in ExtremaduraUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268433520621996891.post-72893180271872114462019-04-29T11:44:00.000+02:002019-04-29T13:05:02.324+02:00Spoonbill and Cáceres Plains birdlife - April 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268433520621996891.post-53604555878257075872019-02-25T01:31:00.001+01:002019-02-25T23:05:45.732+01:00FIO 2019 Monfragüe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268433520621996891.post-72156089773311683032013-07-21T15:02:00.001+02:002013-07-21T17:08:33.265+02:00Miscellanea - first half of the yearThe first part of the year has yielded different species that were, picturewise, difficult for me to get hold of. The last one was this week, coming back from a 2-hour escape to the Salor reservoir. At dusk this juvenile of Red-necked nightjar (<i>Caprimulgus ruficollis</i>, ES <i>chotacabras pardo</i>) was barring the narrow service road that leads from the dam to the N-630 road at Valdesalor. It was difficult to approach but the lights of the car and the young age of the bird I am sure helped.
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In a prior week, by Fuente Fría, on a cycling ride at dawn I could shot this video of a pair of Red-rumped swallows (<i>Hirundo daurica</i>, ES <i>golondrina dáurica</i>) gathering mud for nesting:
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In Monfragüe, in early spring, I could picture the beauty of the Blue rock thrush (<i>Monticola solitarius</i>, ES <i>roquero solitario</i>),
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and the surprisingly conspicuous, this time for a change, Eagle owl (<i>Bubo bubo</i>, ES <i>búho real</i>). The picture was taken by the camera I bought in December, the Canon SX50, and people watching the owl, vultures and the Spanish imperial eagle were surprised at the result. If you have been to Monfragüe, you know how far the birds can be up in the cliff of the viewpoint of La Portilla del Tíetar. Well, this is not a closeúp picture of this magnificent bird, yet it is, as always, a free raptor in its natural environment, yet caught without any digiscoping devices, just a bridge camera. Needless to say how happy and proud I was of the picture.
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Here is also a picture taken in Monfragüe of the black stork (<i>Ciconia nigra</i>, ES <i>cigüeña negra</i>) in flight over the Mirador de la Tajadilla viewpoint
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Below, some Rock doves (<i>Columba livia</i>, ES <i>paloma bravía</i>) are feeding in the urban newly recovered green corridor that runs along the Ribera del Marco, in Caceres town, a constant stream surrounded by vegetation.
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The resources, vegetation and water, of the Ribera, gave birth, in prehistoric times, to the first settlements in the area. So, after all, Cáceres is not without its river - small though it may be. According to expert geologists and historians, the stream is extremely resilient. It does not stop flowing even when the rivers Guadiloba – to which the Ribera is a tributary, Almonte and even the mighty Tagus (ES Tajo, into which flows the Almonte) stop flowing after several years of draught that may happen now and again. This can be seen in the Almonte - one of the few if not the only one is Spain without a dam, for the rest are already pooled by dams and those stops in their flowing cannot be ascertained any more.
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This resilience and the reason for a settlement that over the millenia has grown into a town even though on a site that is normally considered a dry steppe was possible thanks to an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquifer">aquifer</a> called El Calerizo, situated in the south of the city, that feeds the stream and gets replenished when the rain returns. It it this aquifer that steadily feeds the stream. The mud of its banks is the one that was being picked up by the Red-swallows above. The Rock doves above were about here and there in short flights by the green path going along the stream up south from the old town and the Fuente Fría site (a five-minute walk from the Plaza de San Mateo, the highest square in the <a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/384">old town of Cáceres</a>, a world heritage site as you may know). If you want to see some pics and videos of what you could watch from this area, clik <a href="http://riberadelmarcocaceresynaturaleza.blogspot.com.es/">here on the link to a blog in Spanish about the topic</a>.
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There you will have a link to this video of Kingfisher (<i>Alcedo Atthis</i>, ES <i>martin pescador</i>) bathing in the waters of the stream of La Ribera, by Fuente Fría, where it had its breeding hole las Spring:
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The context: wonderful landscape of the plains northwest of Cáceres, near the Santa Marta del Magasca road.
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The birds, plenty, among which these, which were nice enough to let me take a picture of them: Booted eagle, Woodchat Shrike, Black vulture, Fan-tailed warbler, Roller, male Wheatear, Great-spotted cuckoo and Corn bunting <br />
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Little Grebe (Zampullín, Tachybaptus ruficollis) at El Casa<br />
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Black-winged stilts (ES Cigüeñuela, Himantopus himantopus) at the Valdesalor Reservoir, near Torreorgaz, Cáceres)
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Black cap and the rest, e.g., Great-crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus, ES Somormujo lavanco) at Los Barruecos.
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This winter is being particularly rainy and with some strong winds. This means that together with a hectic time with various endevours, time for birding has been scarce. However, a few mini-trips to Los Barruecos, walks in the parks in Cáceres and a daytrip to the rice fields of Vegas Altas (Zorita and Madrigalejo are no longer suitable for cranes - no wonder with that disgusting shrieking noise of the solar power plants <a href="http://extremadurafieldtrips.blogspot.com.es/2009/02/osprey-catch-on-safe-sierra-brava-day.html" target="_blank">denounced here a few years ago</a> when they were a project) has afforded a few nice pics, which I share, here.</div>
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Loads of wintering shoveller (<i>pato cuchara, Anas clypeata</i>) at the Sierra Brava reservoir. Wintering lapwing (<i>avefría, Vanellus vanellus</i>) by the pre-barruecos lagoons. </div>
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Resident white stork (<i>cigüeña común, Ciconia ciconia</i>) at the Barruecos.<br />
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Wintering female redstart (<i>colirrojo tizón, Phoenicurus ochruros</i>) on the Barrueco de Abajo dam, by the Vostell-Malpartida museum. Hide-and-seek-like shot, really, like the one for the great spotted woodpecker below, but at least in this case light was not fading away into the twilight.<br />
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A buzzard (<i>ratonero común, Buteo buteo</i>), perching on a decidous tree with the Sierra Brava as backdrop.<br />
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A pair of wintering greylag geese (<i>ánsar común, Anser anser</i>) by a common crane at the ricefields of Vegas Altas.<br />
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Rare great white egret (<i>garceta grande, Egretta alba</i>) in non-mating yellow-beak attire at one of the pre-Barruecos lagoon.<br />
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Same place for a beautifully proud grey heron (garza real, Ardea cinerea).<br />
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A family of common European crane (<i>grulla común, Grus grus</i>) and flocks in flight, and on ground below, wintering, at the rice fields in the Vegas Altas area.<br />
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At dusk, elusive but beautiful, a resident great spotted woodpecker (<i>pico picapinos, Picoides major</i>) at the Parque del Príncipe park, in Cáceres. <br />
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Wintering female stonechat (<i>tarabilla común, Saxicola torquata</i>). Valdesalor area.<br />
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Two proud male Spanish sparrows (<i>Passer hispaniolensis, gorrión moruno</i>) at the Vegas Altas area.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268433520621996891.post-64564517697124798792012-05-13T12:02:00.001+02:002013-07-21T17:05:53.445+02:00It's been a long time now since I last posted any new material here. However, after a long and harsh and indeed dry winter, the driest in 70!! years, this period of mid Spring I have managed to take a few pics and videos that I like especially.
The large psammodromus (<i><a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psammodromus_manuelae">Psammodromus manuelae</a></i>, ES <i>lagartija colilarga occidental</i>) was particularly spectacular in its firy attire for mating (11 May 2012)<br />
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Large Psammodromus (ES <i>Lagartija colilarga - Psammodromus algirus</i>) Los Barruecos, Malpatida de Cáceres, Cáceres, Spain<br />
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Then, another one is this, which I have finally thought I had been able to identify as Iberian Wall Lizard (<i><a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podarcis_hispanicus">Podarcis hispanicus</a></i>, es <i>lagartija ibérica</i>), but it seems to be the Common wall lizard (<i><a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podarcis_muralis">Podarcis muralis</a></i>, ES <i>lagartija roquera</i>). If someone can make them out, I would appreciate if they let me know. I particularly like the head pattern, don't you? That pattern and the magical place in the hollowed stone where I shot it, by the carving from the Bronze Age of an idol that gets lit by a beam of sun light only on the equinoxes, added to the haunting atmosphere of the place:
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Also from the Los Barruecos area, I can show you a pair of Great-crested Grebes, a black kite, storks flying over the nests on the titan boulders of the Treasure Rocks of the Los Barruecos Natural Monument Reserve, some cattle egrets by a pond near the El Casar village, a spotless starling perching on the weather vane of the Museo Vostell-Malpartida museum, and a small owl perching on the telephone wires on our late road to Malpartida, before our last short leg back to Cáceres.
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And now a few from the Cáceres plains, particularly from the local road from Cáceres to Santa Marta de Magasca: Montagu's harrier (ES <i>Aguilucho cenizo</i>, <i>Circus pigargus</i>), Buzzard (ES <i>Ratonero común</i> or <i>Busardo</i> - <i>Buteo buteo</i>), roller (ES <i>Carraca</i>, <i>Coracias garrulus</i>) and Great spotted cuckoo (ES <i>Críalo, Clamator glandarius</i>).
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268433520621996891.post-40114584319519690982010-03-02T01:19:00.013+01:002010-05-12T14:24:54.896+02:00Trips to Extremadura Birdwatching Fair - FIO 2010<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Acknowlegment of funding institutions:</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dirección General de Educación Superior y Liderazgo</span> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">(Vicepresidencia Segunda y Consejería de Economía </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Comercio e Innovación </span><span style="font-size:85%;">de la </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Junta de Extremadura)</span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Vicerrectorado de Estudiantes y Empleo</span> (Universidad de Extremadura)</span></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Consejo de Alumnos de la Facultad de Estudios Empresariales y Turismo</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.es/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.es&captions=1&hl=es&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.es%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fjmontero.unex%2Falbumid%2F5443454160763401281%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Des" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="400" height="267"></embed><br /></li></ul>Last weekend a group of students went on a trip to visit the FIO 2010 Birdwatching Trade Fair, held at the Villarreal de San Carlos hamlet, the heart of Monfragüe National Park, in Extremadura.<br /><br />On Friday there were over 50 of us, who had the opportunity to visit the FIO fair. We then went on on a guided tour of the national park. Our excellent guide, Jaime, took us to the Peñafalcón view point where we could watch Griffon vultures galore, but also a very active Peregrine and even a Spanish Imperial Eagle, though it soon vanished behind the massive cliff across the river Tagus.<br /><br />A pair of Black stork was apparently waiting for us, for there they were, at ease, on a rock top nearer the waters of the Tagus.<br /><br /><br /><object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/h37cRCSO9tE&hl=es_ES&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/h37cRCSO9tE&hl=es_ES&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />At the Tajadilla viewpoint we had lunch and there it was, awaiting also on the top rock, as crowning the cliff, a proud Egyptian vulture, overlooking the visitors of the park, across the tributary of the Tagus, the river Tiétar, roaring with the rushing waters let from the revervoir nearby. Our friends, the Azzure-winged magpies had also part of our lunch, and some keen photographer took one nice shot of one of them. Below, on the river bank across, a few cormorants were drying their feathers or diving into the light brown waters seeking fish.<br /><br />Then we followed the winding road and over the damm to the La Báscula viewpoint, where Jaime explained about Black vulture nests on cork oaks.<br /><br />But the route would bring further amazing sights. Apart from the not few Red deer does seen from the coach, we had a remarkable sight of a pair of Egyptian vultures perching on dry branches of an old tree. And only but a few hundred metres away a pair Black vultures, one on the nest, the other nearby on guard. Beautiful. And all this from just the vantage point over the Tiétar at the La higuerilla ("the little fig tree") viewpoint.<br /><br />Back to the coach we still had the time to see another pair!!! of Black storks on their nest on a rocky ledge by the waters of the Tiétar.<br /><br />We finished with an incredible sight of the amazingly beautiful Blue rock thrush, a sight that made for the much missed Eagle owl, elusive this year even for the more skilled and experienced birdwathers around.<br /><br />On Saturday we started the route earlier because the weather outlook was far from promising. We were over a score and a half. A more reasonable number for birdwatching. The route was the same but the gloomy and windy day seemed to bear down on the birds, that did not show up in the variety and numbers of the day before. Yet, a few of us had the luck to watch a neat sighting of a Bonelli's eagle, flying along the La Tajadilla cliff.<br /><br />We went back sooner because the Xynthia gusts had made the authorities close the fair for the day. Most of the pavilions uphill in Villarreal had been blown down by the wind. Fortunately, our fellow students working in the main exhibition area were safe and safe we all got back to Cáceres city.<br /><br /><object width="500" height="405"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sJvah8-gDFk&hl=es_ES&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sJvah8-gDFk&hl=es_ES&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object><br /><br />Those who attended the stall of our Faculty of Business Studies and Tourism on Sunday found everything in place the next day. The FIO opended regularly and lots of people poured in eager to visit and see the exhibits. I also called in to see our students and have my own third route of Monfragüe in three days. The day even had some sunny spells, and the crows at La Higuerilla of Saturday had left, to the advantage of the pair of Egyptian vultures, that were back, giving company to the breeding pair of Black vultures.<br /><br /><br /><table style="width: 194px;"><tbody><tr><td style="background: transparent url(http://picasaweb.google.es/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat scroll left center; height: 194px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="center"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.es/jmontero.unex/FIO2010?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_56X2XYlksk4/S4sIt_NstEE/AAAAAAAAA1c/W1SvJrUdiMY/s160-c/FIO2010.jpg" style="margin: 1px 0pt 0pt 4px;" width="160" height="160" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.es/jmontero.unex/FIO2010?feat=embedwebsite" style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">FIO 2010</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />This is our fifth year at the FIO in Monfragüe and as always it has been a pleasure to count with scores of enthusiastic students trying to learn about the manifold opportunities that nature can offer as regards sustainable tourism activities. Thank you all so much.<br /><br />JesúsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268433520621996891.post-19816972046035236462009-10-26T11:36:00.012+01:002009-10-31T18:22:53.021+01:00Summer and early autumn '09<div align="center">Latest pics from short fieldtrips in Extremadura</div><br />Damselflies (Sp <em>caballitos del diablo</em>) and short-toed eagle (Sp <em>águila culebrera</em>) in a gorge at La Vera , spoonbill (Sp <em>espátula</em>) and yellow wagtail (Sp <em>lavandera boyera</em>) at the Los Canchales resevoir and snipe (Sp <em>agachadiza</em>), thekla lark (Sp <em>cogujada montesina</em>) and otter! (Sp <em>nutria</em>), at the Embalse de Talaván reservoir under the spell of the call above, of crane flocks.<br /><br /><div align="center">Otters</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitKy_VfoC1iXlpnQAZSJA5SoDqv63_tspHjxk1C2Ta5Xqk1u13P-RqD_RrdK1gQvpVxe2zjSJN-V3khPvTRNhtnt-EDcENtHz5CCktVrOXQyJSYo5S7tS5o_2lkqooSxUbO_j6Mx2izr9A/s1600-h/nutrias+closer+-+09.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396867124441775010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 217px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitKy_VfoC1iXlpnQAZSJA5SoDqv63_tspHjxk1C2Ta5Xqk1u13P-RqD_RrdK1gQvpVxe2zjSJN-V3khPvTRNhtnt-EDcENtHz5CCktVrOXQyJSYo5S7tS5o_2lkqooSxUbO_j6Mx2izr9A/s400/nutrias+closer+-+09.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">playing, at ease, on the reservoir quiet waters</div><div align="center">at Talaván<br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CGL06cTT1qk&hl=" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" fs="1&"></embed><br /><br /><br />Thekla lark<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29Qp3OQ_O8OwuKZgBx7-PxwZg3FT2_yc2mYVzu0WRhmkRuIiYzYFMOHoRSjVfXxZFog2KkIg53UJSuR86oPEWSoRELIL79srHq00l9XV9aaUqjKff_yNy0p7sZkofnEVuepQsONrAvkE4/s1600-h/cogujada+montesina+-+closer+-+fall+09.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396867122935803474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 216px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29Qp3OQ_O8OwuKZgBx7-PxwZg3FT2_yc2mYVzu0WRhmkRuIiYzYFMOHoRSjVfXxZFog2KkIg53UJSuR86oPEWSoRELIL79srHq00l9XV9aaUqjKff_yNy0p7sZkofnEVuepQsONrAvkE4/s400/cogujada+montesina+-+closer+-+fall+09.jpg" border="0" /></a> Snipe<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6cR3WD8ZPc2myPSdzuFXZCvg6OOhWcAMJLJYBTyn7mDT4GumMl-RwsbOQR8p8XQO6pmI4wFv6Dw-koqeWHC3e1mHUvohwPDk8VjNg2yxyMd2IoWNyVj8SehJLt1awfgLEE-mbSAILIhh/s1600-h/agachadiza+closer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396867117310332946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 215px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6cR3WD8ZPc2myPSdzuFXZCvg6OOhWcAMJLJYBTyn7mDT4GumMl-RwsbOQR8p8XQO6pmI4wFv6Dw-koqeWHC3e1mHUvohwPDk8VjNg2yxyMd2IoWNyVj8SehJLt1awfgLEE-mbSAILIhh/s400/agachadiza+closer.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Great bustards<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsDiqLKT3Yrdn3Z_lZ2j_7WAENIj_U7oUgAjQOX-zZTqWaGzJJhqJkdQjooYtiILSmkik4hvLkS6ptmtB_ISL7SkrxufKOMLYS8DzOK67Hx7AsQqkll6xFpN_gaDlpyTYSY1bkyelxl7B/s1600-h/avutardas.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396867113472550258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 218px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsDiqLKT3Yrdn3Z_lZ2j_7WAENIj_U7oUgAjQOX-zZTqWaGzJJhqJkdQjooYtiILSmkik4hvLkS6ptmtB_ISL7SkrxufKOMLYS8DzOK67Hx7AsQqkll6xFpN_gaDlpyTYSY1bkyelxl7B/s400/avutardas.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Yellow wagtails<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCopRx3qyoD1BnLj2Ki_rWeto7zxzbnWAFEeyyQTYpOJUh2GJzcNvY7uODu4NCYztDIODY6vWaEvebvF9zjwqSsjfzqzhkrGelTCUkjrl2ytqbXquonqC18wvmn-z0Av6-2e85w3_-h7YH/s1600-h/lavandera+boyera+yellow+wagtail+motacilla+flava+Los+canchalesIMG_1353++closeup.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396867110282178098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 217px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCopRx3qyoD1BnLj2Ki_rWeto7zxzbnWAFEeyyQTYpOJUh2GJzcNvY7uODu4NCYztDIODY6vWaEvebvF9zjwqSsjfzqzhkrGelTCUkjrl2ytqbXquonqC18wvmn-z0Av6-2e85w3_-h7YH/s400/lavandera+boyera+yellow+wagtail+motacilla+flava+Los+canchalesIMG_1353++closeup.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Spoonbill<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ8zYmsAp9MHySLjMrTS4e1TldD7ZsFlV3uwIkW04vVI5qzgu-BOi8DOco7coPB0611FayoJUzgAmKWkocWJsZ-W4dDbvzkHYvGT1AQBLJ03hJu4vRl9yWBHPpfi0GKEe9RFg2sI9kcykt/s1600-h/espátulas+en++los+canchales+IMG_1389+closeup.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396865386846833634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 156px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ8zYmsAp9MHySLjMrTS4e1TldD7ZsFlV3uwIkW04vVI5qzgu-BOi8DOco7coPB0611FayoJUzgAmKWkocWJsZ-W4dDbvzkHYvGT1AQBLJ03hJu4vRl9yWBHPpfi0GKEe9RFg2sI9kcykt/s400/esp%C3%A1tulas+en++los+canchales+IMG_1389+closeup.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Short-toed eagle<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDf99ME8Tq4vxEow_yHXA3rBvgxfGZA08DkHLtQKMWURYfXZ2PcOo0EUZVuQ553lJdqXoj-pfEYnr00i3DGcSL5t0bsvrb1jPwPtxrGcoGex2IntkN4vIegdHHZHD1ridAI4Z2F8foJvm5/s1600-h/culebrera+en+vuelo+IMG_0875.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396864773952683810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDf99ME8Tq4vxEow_yHXA3rBvgxfGZA08DkHLtQKMWURYfXZ2PcOo0EUZVuQ553lJdqXoj-pfEYnr00i3DGcSL5t0bsvrb1jPwPtxrGcoGex2IntkN4vIegdHHZHD1ridAI4Z2F8foJvm5/s400/culebrera+en+vuelo+IMG_0875.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />green damselfly<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiteu2hnCFKUJTohlLIn3zvEVA9VtANGpQiHVjl1yAwMUc6WUX2TE3q51k73iYpApNHuDaCZMdiynov_ogha3GfcG29b4UkSH_ncvD_HR_HD9HB_bFxGwrYqf2xK2lVFM7GpiZU4JCyQ144/s1600-h/caballito+del+diablo+Verde03IMG_0942.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396863299847994754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiteu2hnCFKUJTohlLIn3zvEVA9VtANGpQiHVjl1yAwMUc6WUX2TE3q51k73iYpApNHuDaCZMdiynov_ogha3GfcG29b4UkSH_ncvD_HR_HD9HB_bFxGwrYqf2xK2lVFM7GpiZU4JCyQ144/s400/caballito+del+diablo+Verde03IMG_0942.JPG" border="0" /></a>azzure Damselfly<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFfyN7ayhYTJsTl8pTzoZ7xjCMb3w4vjoCa7BGgLr0-iEaOBF8JCWS5en8Yb2UHMMQGGfdXI8VVoatlc5QDP8vZIlXvnlH9AmQnt5QkID-eZZRtcuS1dPUBngxS99ZS1hL4SuvYrYm0Fn/s1600-h/caballito+del+diablo05IMG_0900.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396861503483365522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFfyN7ayhYTJsTl8pTzoZ7xjCMb3w4vjoCa7BGgLr0-iEaOBF8JCWS5en8Yb2UHMMQGGfdXI8VVoatlc5QDP8vZIlXvnlH9AmQnt5QkID-eZZRtcuS1dPUBngxS99ZS1hL4SuvYrYm0Fn/s400/caballito+del+diablo05IMG_0900.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268433520621996891.post-41768296060455915022009-05-06T21:53:00.007+02:002009-05-08T21:52:30.289+02:00European Bee-eaters (Merops Apiaster, Sp. Abejaruco)<span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffcc00;"><strong><em>For me the call of <span style="color:#ff9900;">bee-eaters, this colourful bird</span>, represents the sound of a typical <span style="color:#999900;">warm and shiny</span> <span style="color:#33ff33;">Spring day in</span> <span style="color:#33cc00;">Extremadura</span>. I hope <span style="color:#ff6600;">you like</span> it. </em></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82MGD8LvkE3vVyQZQwpGuubn7IBd8947lT_cE5Bc24fwf4gB_srpwgzcTg09XG07Xg_haH349D12Q9N0vMYYMbpIQDUjhXkhImBjCLt8LQR3gehBgtXzV0EXhd12Xg4-IGtEOZ6pVDh1W/s1600-h/abejarucos.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333541346586976930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82MGD8LvkE3vVyQZQwpGuubn7IBd8947lT_cE5Bc24fwf4gB_srpwgzcTg09XG07Xg_haH349D12Q9N0vMYYMbpIQDUjhXkhImBjCLt8LQR3gehBgtXzV0EXhd12Xg4-IGtEOZ6pVDh1W/s400/abejarucos.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This video was shot within a 20-minute drive from home, from Cáceres.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/okOj6ElhizE&hl=es&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/okOj6ElhizE&hl=es&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />And here you have a closer look at them, though neither of them in the picture seem to dare look at the other... Well, just for the sitting of the picture, really.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5BjYh3dpelYURQIArYsDLcnPBKQo9DMC5uyoGV6kArsPJ4MrXEsVfpcBMN6uMXIdji6T40_eG7sMOCd_u0s76zF3aOipluA7raKz5rvGlIOL4VsmCoQLbcSh8zYoO7Xh9-hEET9Z5R1T/s1600-h/abejarucos_on_wire_looking_away.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332856668107524258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5BjYh3dpelYURQIArYsDLcnPBKQo9DMC5uyoGV6kArsPJ4MrXEsVfpcBMN6uMXIdji6T40_eG7sMOCd_u0s76zF3aOipluA7raKz5rvGlIOL4VsmCoQLbcSh8zYoO7Xh9-hEET9Z5R1T/s400/abejarucos_on_wire_looking_away.JPG" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268433520621996891.post-88679513313717540112009-03-13T15:58:00.016+01:002009-03-24T17:51:20.030+01:00A picture series of Little owl from my window at home in Cáceres, and a video of a pair<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKDhu0aA_vSsM5BFTiIF5BdUFvMvaw4HiU7bBJDHvySEwh9YEBibCV3PGm14KOSC6HtHXcLMx-v-X0Yk4rQtlLEwrr2mmVPCu9sp7wH6I4gVL0swnsPEuPPJMNxSHh2ALYfSXPpYrqdC4/s1600-h/owl+-+which.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312687253511855986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 351px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKDhu0aA_vSsM5BFTiIF5BdUFvMvaw4HiU7bBJDHvySEwh9YEBibCV3PGm14KOSC6HtHXcLMx-v-X0Yk4rQtlLEwrr2mmVPCu9sp7wH6I4gVL0swnsPEuPPJMNxSHh2ALYfSXPpYrqdC4/s400/owl+-+which.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">A Little owl</span> </span>(<em>Athene noctua</em>, Sp. <em>mochuelo</em>), perching on an aerial of a ten-story house, in town, in Cáceres. Yesterday afternoon, we heard the double 'ki-iu' call and there it was, on the rooftop of the building across the street. This was a perching favourite for a family of kestrel last spring, too. You see, as I keep saying, Extremadura should translate into English as 'Birdland'. The same as we have Greenland or the Netherlands (the low lands), Extremadura should and no mistake be called Birdland. This afternoon at around 1 p.m. I looked in the same direction just in case and there it was, again. By the time I took out my videocamera, some maintenance work scared it but at around 4:30 p.m. we at home heard the unmistakable call and there it is yet, as I write these very lines. A pity work is also calling me, and a long working weekend, for one, awaits me, depite the beautiful afternoon we're having at the moment. That's life in the mid-sized Spanish city, I suppose.<br /><br /><div></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#33cc00;"><strong>Saturday</strong></span>: today, in the morning, it called again but it wasn't alone...</div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313071355697922290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 484px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbt7iEFYPILctP1S8koUAUySbGQPR8WDQpivrPH7qDmADwM3pZDneDKAIBm67afFF8t3eHmlleNLcoNlu9GrTHJLjrsRBGgfdRWsLvvnzLdDuopTSWgGGPboWWzaeJFn5F33WAYo-Dcz1/s400/mocho&CoCC-14marzo09-jmontero.JPG" border="0" /> <span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">... and on Saturday afternoon I finally caught its eye</span>, bright olive, to my delight:<br /><div></div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzq2p1dTrDFgTa1PKndv4FnMCX5sPQU2xY2eIpE0pbjsMmCniDcIMWEG4mmJpL7DcROX6Rh7_kJLWAE7Hz9uvSzTuV5lGHvZdSRlcWJLR3t1icP1_x7mPeuDz0vlYOVpsw-1LnLY9vWux5/s1600-h/mochoConOjoCC-14marzo09-jmontero.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313072128817307186" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 278px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzq2p1dTrDFgTa1PKndv4FnMCX5sPQU2xY2eIpE0pbjsMmCniDcIMWEG4mmJpL7DcROX6Rh7_kJLWAE7Hz9uvSzTuV5lGHvZdSRlcWJLR3t1icP1_x7mPeuDz0vlYOVpsw-1LnLY9vWux5/s400/mochoConOjoCC-14marzo09-jmontero.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;"><strong>And evening came, fledged with different,</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;"><strong>golden hues:</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxM_4iJC0E0q1OmWaThpYyUFpm1mjDAoEyNOaC5stCo1-qUC_-JQfe9gJ3J_aEwYrfjF2xZ14vav4yo4gXpuKxcUDGNc8ScHPnwu-cCHrIQPHOMxbZErixumzdpA9YDqcHleQtP_D-1prP/s1600-h/mochoConOjoCC-14marzo09PM-jmontero.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313195978452206210" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 296px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxM_4iJC0E0q1OmWaThpYyUFpm1mjDAoEyNOaC5stCo1-qUC_-JQfe9gJ3J_aEwYrfjF2xZ14vav4yo4gXpuKxcUDGNc8ScHPnwu-cCHrIQPHOMxbZErixumzdpA9YDqcHleQtP_D-1prP/s400/mochoConOjoCC-14marzo09PM-jmontero.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Finally, I got a video of the pair at dusk a week later:<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OXXs7L01Ycc&hl=es&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OXXs7L01Ycc&hl=es&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268433520621996891.post-26265063169157143912009-03-03T21:25:00.005+01:002009-03-14T17:44:11.286+01:00Two albums on our Birdwatching guided tour of Monfragüe National Park, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain and pictures of students attending our stand<table style="WIDTH: 194px"><tbody><tr><td style="BACKGROUND: url(http://picasaweb.google.eshttp://lh5.ggpht.com/s/v/46.18/img/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left 50%; HEIGHT: 194px" align="middle"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.es/jmontero.unex/ClickHereForThePicturesOfTheTRIPTOMONFRAGUENATIONALPARKFIO09?feat=embedwebsite"><img style="MARGIN: 1px 0px 0px 4px" height="160" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_56X2XYlksk4/Sa2KDxfUXFE/AAAAAAAAAOo/u8UpIoVlKxM/s160-c/ClickHereForThePicturesOfTheTRIPTOMONFRAGUENATIONALPARKFIO09.jpg" width="160" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #4d4d4d; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://picasaweb.google.es/jmontero.unex/ClickHereForThePicturesOfTheTRIPTOMONFRAGUENATIONALPARKFIO09?feat=embedwebsite">Click here for the Pictures of the TRIP TO MONFRAGUE NATIONAL PARK - FIO'09</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">For the rest of the Pictures</span> with people attending the stand on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, as well as for pictures of some birds and more, click on the album below:<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: 194px"><tbody><tr><td style="BACKGROUND: url(http://picasaweb.google.eshttp://lh5.ggpht.com/s/v/46.19/img/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left 50%; HEIGHT: 194px" align="middle"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.es/jmontero.unex/OtherPicturesFromFIO2009?feat=embedwebsite"><img style="MARGIN: 1px 0px 0px 4px" height="160" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_56X2XYlksk4/Sbb_xjR-kfE/AAAAAAAAAYk/55tI_PDSwco/s160-c/OtherPicturesFromFIO2009.jpg" width="160" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #4d4d4d; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://picasaweb.google.es/jmontero.unex/OtherPicturesFromFIO2009?feat=embedwebsite">Other pictures from FIO 2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268433520621996891.post-352844037318545492009-02-22T20:04:00.009+01:002009-03-13T13:38:00.921+01:00An osprey catch on a save-the-Sierra-Brava day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheQtqHJUNqNwldgiADZUslyyTkmgr2U-Uja94Y0YF0QG_1blEddKUK0G4D9zdPJUp5Yr_mAqwXgFdTpzP1PcVOoAXKazCMCXhUX5fSPjU7go6KRdiUuRoJa6JwC6LBOxM9G_JDT1tWSGur/s1600-h/V+formation.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305713806830593122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 188px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheQtqHJUNqNwldgiADZUslyyTkmgr2U-Uja94Y0YF0QG_1blEddKUK0G4D9zdPJUp5Yr_mAqwXgFdTpzP1PcVOoAXKazCMCXhUX5fSPjU7go6KRdiUuRoJa6JwC6LBOxM9G_JDT1tWSGur/s400/V+formation.JPG" border="0" /></a> WE went on a demonstration to save the most important wintering area for Common Crane (<em>grus grus, </em>Sp.<em> grulla común</em>) in Extremadura (Spain), using the Via Verde to walk from Madrigalejo to the Casas de Hito reservoir. It was organized by <a href="http://www.seo.org/sala_detalle.cfm?idSala=3216&CFID=39138862&CFTOKEN=76121396&jsessionid=aa305d7e13a0351b2d63">SEO/BirdLife</a>.<br /><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg47UcWqGVEpv8ivDAxJFCbHu_HP851gZ50mmuT2dcZtbI2WVLGogSNtvuOPfqBCWLThvOm_4BTkdt7NqZeUaJ9BXMnKqs9GSboAdm8jEhzLSFgwmfdZeGeAPaN_TPiz5OOmJfJWTIHmxE0/s1600-h/IMG_1184.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305715272694362050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 481px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg47UcWqGVEpv8ivDAxJFCbHu_HP851gZ50mmuT2dcZtbI2WVLGogSNtvuOPfqBCWLThvOm_4BTkdt7NqZeUaJ9BXMnKqs9GSboAdm8jEhzLSFgwmfdZeGeAPaN_TPiz5OOmJfJWTIHmxE0/s400/IMG_1184.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div>The regional authorities have approved a development of a huge two-solar power plant project (one will fill up the entire rice-field background behind some of the birdwatchers/ demonstrators above). We wonder whether the regional authorities want them as the new hip on a nice "green" type of scenery, the panels to be built. These solar panels will literally wall this birdwatching/walking tract of the Via Verde (Spanish for "greenway"), the only one in Extremadura?! For God's sake, it is a <em>ZEPA, </em>Spanish for<em> </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Protection_Area">SPA</a>, the area we are talking about. </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>BESIDE the solar farm themselves, what about the power lines to be built from there to Valdecaballeros (in the Extremadura southern province of Badajoz). Isn't Extremadura one of the less populated regions in Europe (26/km2)? An area of a quarter bigger than Belgium (density 345/km2). There is so much space for clean energy in Extremadura..., c'mon!</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>POLITICAL wit apart, we were at our scopes and binoculars, watching cranes feeding, others in "V" formation crossing over our heads, and lots of wild fowl on the reservoir, red avadavat and other passerines all around us... when we suddenly saw an osprey approaching. The video and our comments there tell the rest:<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/f7VRlG7vDKU&hl=" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />An <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osprey">Osprey</a> finally gets a catch and escapes from a doggedly insistent pair of Black-headed Gull (<em>Larus ridibundus</em>, Sp. <em>Gaviota reidora</em>) who were apparently annoyed by its company.<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305709826608199714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwr-eOMSh0cSMnX1l7AI5rE_HSQ5xcidrI8ZPt_IhJIIraGsOP8wz2jktalpM-kerebwmWKGMBDKoV5UtLxPF3FCAxa_68HFKz1EUZL1LzP1m9V5hnkgGOt9WhwGW_DhfJjFvo75fgEql7/s400/IMG_1224.JPG" border="0" /> The day ended with an impressive sight, a huge concentration of well over 4,300 Black-tailed Godwit, (<em>Limosa limosa</em>, Sp. <em>Aguja colinegra</em>) in the rice fields of the Santa Amalia area. They were in company of a well over a hundred Spotted Redshank (<em>Tringa erythropus</em>, Sp. A<em>rchibebe oscuro</em>) concentration (one of the greatest, I am told, ever recorded in Extremadura), some Black-winged Stilt (himantopus himantopus, Sp. cigüeñuela) and Golden Plover in the tens (<em>pluvialis apricaria, </em>Sp.<em> Chorlito dorado</em>). The list could never end, anyway. Jesús Porras lead us to them as wisely and wittily as one can. Thanks, Jesús, as always.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268433520621996891.post-63047971514583009132009-02-15T14:37:00.008+01:002010-12-08T22:08:55.501+01:00Field Trip: the Monroy-Trujillo (Cáceres-Spain) road: cranes, dehesa and snow backdrops<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtSV5pSJeY05l02h69XgxyMYwe-7lqP5sU0znQvqQO2XWxIgQ07zz8rXlnOqd_Zb-wfn7YsBVFZ9pWezzNtLOZLTo_cQDV4DbuCQwt7VU4CeCVgQ4RzBW62gOynlmNlyeAyIfLTrAp5tT/s1600-h/25.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303043762561213138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 401px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 220px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtSV5pSJeY05l02h69XgxyMYwe-7lqP5sU0znQvqQO2XWxIgQ07zz8rXlnOqd_Zb-wfn7YsBVFZ9pWezzNtLOZLTo_cQDV4DbuCQwt7VU4CeCVgQ4RzBW62gOynlmNlyeAyIfLTrAp5tT/s400/25.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>IN the picture you can see some wintering cranes, full of expectation in a break from feeding from acorn and other, under the canopy of holm-oak dehesa. Their pic was taken on Valentine's Day, this year. </strong><strong>A shiny one after the long, hard winter in the Southwest of Spain, in Extremadura. They will soon be going back to their breeding havens in northern Europe: Germany, Scandinavia, Russia... </strong><br /><br />See the video here:<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r3Cz4lqe_Bw&hl=" width="445" height="364" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1&rel=" border="1" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Link for more pics:</strong></span> <a href="http://picasaweb.google.es/jmontero.unex/MonroyTrujilloGrullasDehesaNieve?authkey=LpPdJBs8SSw&feat=email#slideshow"><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;"><em>album of the trip</em></span></strong></a>.<strong></strong> <span style="color:#000000;"><strong>I took them on a journey full of great surprises, nice weather after the hard winter days of this seemingly never-ending season and good company. Dehesa, cranes and some of their azzure-winged magpies as companions, a red-legged partridge, kestrel, griffon vulture and some nice backdrops of snow capped mountains of the La Vera district with holm-oak dehesa on the foreground.</strong></span><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>I hope you enjoy it as we did!</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Jesús</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>****************************************</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Videos taken in the past:</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R6PljV7JbPU&hl=" width="445" height="364" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1&rel=" border="1" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br />Always curious and playful to the layman eye, these <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure-winged_Magpie">azzure-winged magpies</a> (<em>Cyanopica cyana,</em> Sp.<em> Rabilargos,</em> local:<em> Rabúo, Mohino</em>) are actually looking for breadcrumbs and leftovers of fruit and the like that visitors to Monfragüe National Park leave there. After a while, flocks of them will range the area and come closer enough and ready for a snapshot or a video recording like the one here. This was taken during the FIO '06 International Birdwatching Fair of Extremadura, Spain. During a visit to the fair and the park by 1st year Tourism students at the <a href="http://www.unex.es/unex/centros_uex/centros/feet/">Faculty of Business Studies and Tourism</a>, <a href="http://www.unex.es/">University of Extremadura</a>, Cáceres, Spain.<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/F8d2A2TQsAI&hl=" width="480" height="385" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><br /><br />A Grey Heron (<em>Ardea cinerea</em>, Sp. <em>Garza real</em>) swallowing a catch, a carp maybe at "El Salor", one of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cáceres,_Spain">Cáceres</a> nearby reservoirs, Extremadura, Spain.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0