Most of yesterdays' raptors went to ground in the woods around Cabranosa last night. Soon after our arrival this morning, the first Honey Buzzards took to the air and throughout the day we could see these juvenile raptors in their varied plumages. A conservative figure of around thirty is what I arrived at for the day. A moderate and often variable breeze kept bringing the same birds back over our watchpoint. This Black Stork spent the entire day in the air, repeatedly flying to our left, then right, then ahead of us! A very varied number of species - 6 Sparrowhawk, 2 Peregrine, 1 Eleonora's Falcon, 1 Hobby, 8 Booted Eagles, 3 Short-toed Eagles, 5 Black Kites and 3 Egyptian Vultures. Black Kite. One of three juvenile Egyptian Vultures seen today. On examining my pictures, this vulture is carrying rings. A quick check on the internet reveals that the origin of this youngster is in South-east France where a ringing programme has been going on for some years. White plastic ring with black number (6) and letter (B or R) I'll send an email to those concerned and see what else we can learn. These vultures arrived as we left yesterday and today, as we returned to our cars, two Ospreys completed our species count for the day. Many of the smaller birds were staying down in the wind however, the first three Ortolon Buntings were seen today along with a juvenile Cirl Bunting.
Comments are closed.
|
|