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That is a very self-possessed little fellow!This photo, taken on the Invierno is a European Stonechat.
I'd love to know if anyone has a favourite bird identification book for Spain... I know the peninsula is a major landing point for many migratory species... I'd love to visit "Las Marismas" in the south to see the winter and summer migrations...
We use the svensson guide, but there is a great app by SEO, SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE ORNITOLOGÍA, the Spanish birding society, called Aves de España, in Spanish, but it is quite goodI'd love to know if anyone has a favourite bird identification book for Spain... I know the peninsula is a major landing point for many migratory species... I'd love to visit "Las Marismas" in the south to see the winter and summer migrations...
Doñana is unique, as Tarifa, so many places!I'd love to know if anyone has a favourite bird identification book for Spain... I know the peninsula is a major landing point for many migratory species... I'd love to visit "Las Marismas" in the south to see the winter and summer migrations...
Lovely! It was nesting season when I was on the Invierno...well actually, post nesting as the nests were full of young ones who hadn't fledged. The nests I saw in a few different areas were on purpose built nesting towers. I've see nests on churches but have yet to see them with storks in them!To start here are several nests and storks taken in Mansillas de las Mulas,
February 24, 2009
Gorgeous bird and photo! On the Google Arts and Culture thread that Ivar posted today, there is information about birds in the Nature file. There was a picture of a Eurasian Hoopoe. I hadn't seen one before.So it must have been a Eurasian Hoopoe
There is a great app - Merlin Bird ID, that has been very handy for both visual and audio ID.I'd love to know if anyone has a favourite bird identification book for Spain... I know the peninsula is a major landing point for many migratory species... I'd love to visit "Las Marismas" in the south to see the winter and summer migrations...
Ooo goodie … some photographs of birds and insects!On the camino I've noticed birds but really didn't pay close attention until my last camino on the very quiet Invierno in June 2019. As I walked alone and slower the whole way, I started to focus more on the birds and insects I was seeing and hearing.
Since March 2020, staying home and with my work dramatically reduced, I've had time for long walks most days and have become increasingly interested in birds. I've met a lot of birders along the way and have learned so much. It's been fun, healthy and has helped ease a lot of stress during this past year and a half of the pandemic. I know birding will now add another layer of interest along my next camino!
So here's a thread to post info and photos (wild or domestic) of birds and insects you've seen along the camino. If you aren't sure of the name of a species, we can help each other identify them.
This photo, taken on the Invierno is a European Stonechat.
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Me too.I’m definitely following this one …
Should I get them to take on my next Camino? I
Good question. One thought is to learn ahead of time where the hot spots are likely to be, and plan to linger there.But how to sit, waiting for the perfect siting *and* get in the kms I need to complete each day???
My god, I say! I would!I have some Airmiles points that can only be redeemed for a selection of things - most of which I neither need nor want. But one item is tempting me - Pentax UD 9x21 Compact binoculars - that weigh just 195 g. What do you think? Should I get them to take on my next Camino? I have some other binoculars to use at home, but they are bulky and weigh 800 g.
Missed it.Also, if you saw Ivar's post about Google Arts and Culture "Camino de Santiago", there's a "bird for every month on Camino" in the collection and it's just lovely.
They look great! Just read an interesting review.I have some Airmiles points that can only be redeemed for a selection of things - most of which I neither need nor want. But one item is tempting me - Pentax UD 9x21 Compact binoculars - that weigh just 195 g. What do you think? Should I get them to take on my next Camino? I have some other binoculars to use at home, but they are bulky and weigh 800 g.
Beautiful photo ! A perfectly dramatic raptor environment!But it's the raptors who can punctuate a day with amazement. Here's a place right before Pancorbo on the Via de Bayona that looked like Vulture heaven - where there were both places to perch and winds aloft. Each crag had an occupant, while other birds were soaring in a gyre. On a photo they're specks, but it was an impressive sight.
Very light weight, good magnification, but 21 mm is too narrow for 9x, in my experience, Pentax is a fabulous brand, but I am not sure they would give you much joy in bird watching, where the standard is probably 10x42. For 21mm ideally you would want 4x or 6x, any more than that you will feel that you are looking through a drinking straw, I am afraidI have some Airmiles points that can only be redeemed for a selection of things - most of which I neither need nor want. But one item is tempting me - Pentax UD 9x21 Compact binoculars - that weigh just 195 g. What do you think? Should I get them to take on my next Camino? I have some other binoculars to use at home, but they are bulky and weigh 800 g.
Wow! What a remarkable-looking bird!! Thanks!I was delighted to see an African Hoopoe on the CF one day, as they are resident where I live half a world away in South Africa.
Edit: just checked Mr. Google:
"Do African Hoopoes migrate?
Even though the Eurasian Hoopoe migrates, African Hoopoes do not migrate although some may travel short distances within South Africa and other Southern African countries."
So it must have been a Eurasian Hoopoe
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Lovely idea to be able to get a good view of birds and other things. So I would ask: How many times on previous caminos have I wished I had binoculars? If the frequency warrants, then go for it, C clearly!I have some Airmiles points that can only be redeemed for a selection of things - most of which I neither need nor want. But one item is tempting me - Pentax UD 9x21 Compact binoculars - that weigh just 195 g. What do you think? Should I get them to take on my next Camino? I have some other binoculars to use at home, but they are bulky and weigh 800 g.
Superb.Theatregal,
This is a great idea!
To start here are several nests and storks taken in Mansillas de las Mulas,
February 24, 2009
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I haven't spotted one but I'll never forget an early morning in June, walking out of Barxa do Lor. After the steep climb out of the village, the path levels into open field surrounded by hedges and woodland. The sound of the cuckoos was so present. As the path entered the woods, I hoped to see one. No luck, but I did feel like they were accompanying me as I walked through that area.I am wondering if anyone has actually spotted an elusive cuckoo bird while walking a Camino. My husband and I have often heard their signature call while walking various routes, especially while walking next to wooded areas, but have yet to see one. There have been times when we have heard this bird who almost seems to be laughing at us as we walk along.
I love to listen to the clappering sounds these magestic birds make. It was not too long ago that I saw storks for the first time while walking a spring Camino. Prior to that I had always walked in the fall time when only their nests were on display and the storks have moved on elsewhere.
VN,Since insects are part of the conversation, here are some little beauties, seen on the way to Los Arcos. Less threatening than a kettle of vultures.
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Yes. It's a fly-in restaurant.Is that a thistle serving as the support?
I'm not so sure...that thistle looks quite threatening.Less threatening than a kettle of vultures.
I loved your post! I recently retired as the Biodiversity Discovery Coordinator of the US National Park Service, where I worked with our parks to organize species discovery events, pairing people of all ages and backgrounds with expOn the camino I've noticed birds but really didn't pay close attention until my last camino on the very quiet Invierno in June 2019. As I walked alone and slower the whole way, I started to focus more on the birds and insects I was seeing and hearing.
Since March 2020, staying home and with my work dramatically reduced, I've had time for long walks most days and have become increasingly interested in birds. I've met a lot of birders along the way and have learned so much. It's been fun, healthy and has helped ease a lot of stress during this past year and a half of the pandemic. I know birding will now add another layer of interest along my next camino!
So here's a thread to post info and photos (wild or domestic) of birds and insects you've seen along the camino. If you aren't sure of the name of a species, we can help each other identify them.
This photo, taken on the Invierno is a European Stonechat.
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Thanks for this thread! I used to organize species inventories (everything from microbes, to fungi, to plants, to birds, to mammals, etc.) in the United States national parks. A free app that we often used was “inaturalist.” It allows anyone to post a photo of a species and receive identification from experts around the world—really useful in the case of unusual sightings. Any wildlife enthusiasts may find it to be a great resource on your Caminos.On the camino I've noticed birds but really didn't pay close attention until my last camino on the very quiet Invierno in June 2019. As I walked alone and slower the whole way, I started to focus more on the birds and insects I was seeing and hearing.
Since March 2020, staying home and with my work dramatically reduced, I've had time for long walks most days and have become increasingly interested in birds. I've met a lot of birders along the way and have learned so much. It's been fun, healthy and has helped ease a lot of stress during this past year and a half of the pandemic. I know birding will now add another layer of interest along my next camino!
So here's a thread to post info and photos (wild or domestic) of birds and insects you've seen along the camino. If you aren't sure of the name of a species, we can help each other identify them.
This photo, taken on the Invierno is a European Stonechat.
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Same guys?
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My photo was taken in May, 2017. I wonder if they are still there now or have "flown the coop"...on to a better life in the sky.@Camino Chrissy They most definitely are the same guys, posing in front of the same stone wall and even the same paper bags. They do their pilgrim watching somewhere around Triacastela.
My photo was taken on June 18, 2017.
Biodiversity Discovery Coordinator - what a fascinating job that must have been Shells! Thank you so much for the "inaturalist" app info!Thanks for this thread! I used to organize species inventories (everything from microbes, to fungi, to plants, to birds, to mammals, etc.) in the United States national parks. A free app that we often used was “inaturalist.” It allows anyone to post a photo of a species and receive identification from experts around the world—really useful in the case of unusual sightings. Any wildlife enthusiasts may find it to be a great resource on your Caminos.
That’s a remarkably svelte wood pigeon: it must have flown innumerable caminos to have lost its characteristic barrel chest.A Yellow-legged Gull and a Wood Pigeon rest on the glorious sculpted angels by Ferreio on the pediment of the Convento de San Francisco in Santiago.
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