A short review
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| Most of the Trees are in Bloom and look stunning This is one my favorite photo from the bird trip as well as the last photo on this Blog. |
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| Purple Swamp Hen |
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| Black Tailed Godwit |
3 + days birding around Alicante Provence, Santa Pola Salinas, San Felipe, Clot de Galvany, Yecla, Montnegra, Maigmo Mountain, and everything else in between.
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| Stonechat |
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| Stonechat |
Big effort every day and lots of mileage traveled. The weather was mostly clear blue skies, but high winds and the wind chill sort of bugged it all up, just trying to use the telescope was out of the question let alone get a few photos.
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| Cattle Egret |
85 species seen
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| Ferruginous Duck |
Short Summary
Stand-out moments and there weren't many, Osprey (3) over the Santa Pola Salinas (although still a bit distant) an Oscar-winning performance of a Dartford Warbler, (Montnegra)
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| Dartford Warbler |
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| Dartford Warbler |
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| Ferruginous Duck |
At least 4 Ferruginous Duck (Clot de Galvany). Thekla lark, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Calandra Lark, Lesser Kestrel, Short-toed Lark, (Yecla) stunning Firecrest (Maigmo)
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| Ferruginous Duck |
miss opportunity Golden Eagle dipped out of sight before ID confirmed, G S Woodpecker on call only (Maigmo)?
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| Thekla lark |
Migration
Swallow, House Martin, Red Rumped. Seen
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| Marbled Duck |
So most days, our last visit of the day and before dinner and wine was at the Clot de Galvany where I photographed anything close
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| White Headed Duck |
A birding adventure in Alicante Province!
Despite the windy weather, we managed to spot an impressive 85 species, including some stand-out moments like the 3 Osprey over Santa Pola Salinas and the 4 Ferruginous Duck at Clot de Galvany.
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| Osprey |
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| 2 of the 3 Osprey |
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| Moorish Coot |
Incidentally there's been a name change from Red knobbed Coot to Moorish Coot
I think it sounds better
Have fun go birding
Cheers Bryan
