Hey, thanks for coming back with this information. It looks like we have further information from @LynnMarie above. I'd love to know which of the raptors it was. It does suggest that there is a nest close to the trail or @LynnMarie 's friend was...
Hi all, I can confirm that this was meant to have happened just before Casariego on 21st June i think. Apparently an English guy was hit on the back of the head by a bird of prey and then spent 5 minutes fighting off further attacks with his...
I heard it was a very large bird of prey that tried to actually lift the pilgrim from the trail in a mountain area... local reports say the backback was too heavy... so its seems that the pilgrim was saved by an overweight backpack....lucky...
Never realised that the name referred to the bird's diet. I remember being both impressed and amused when I learned that the basking shark - the world's second largest fish - is known in Spanish as tiburón peregrino. Might be another good reason...
I'm only here to pipe in to say that on the Baztan there were many hawks in May who were very interested in my white sun hat. They got very close to see whether I might be something delicious... but on apprehending my actual state as a human and...
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