Thursday 13 May 2010

Birds of northern Spain

I just don't have either the optics or the patience to take great bird photos, but here are a few.


A poor photo of an Alpine Accentor, but only the second I have ever seen so worth it's place here. Alpine Choughs at Fuenta de - they were very tame, one even took a crumb from my hand!

The ubiquitous Black Kite. Very common, but only in the lowlands.
Black-bellied Dipper at Fuenta del Ebro - the source of the River Ebro after which Iberia is named and which almost cuts Spain in half by when it joins the Mediterranean at Valencia.

Iberian Yellow Wagtail.
Griffon Vulture - we saw hundreds over the course of the week.

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