SPAIN, PORTUGAL AND FUERTEVENTURA

 

 

Purple Heron, Berranco de la Torre, Fuerteventura, 11.03.09 (Pete Hines)

This bird flew in off the sea and sheltered from the extreme wind behind a tamarisk for over an hour before flying off up the valley

Purple Heron, Berranco de la Torre, Fuerteventura, 11.03.09 (Pete Hines)

This bird flew in off the sea and sheltered from the extreme wind behind a tamarisk for over an hour before flying off up the valley

Ruddy Shelduck, Los Molinos, Fuerteventura, 15.03.09 (Pete Hines)

a total of 81 adults and 12 chicks were present at this site!

Houbara Bustard, El Cotillo plains, Fuerteventura, 16.03.09 (Pete Hines)

Crested Coot, Mallorca, April 2009 (Simon Hitchen)

Audouins Gull, Mallorca, April 2009 (Simon Hitchen)

Audouins Gull, Mallorca, April 2009 (Simon Hitchen)

Audouins Gull, Mallorca, April 2009 (Simon Hitchen)

Monk Parakeet, Stella Canaris Gardens, Jandia, Fuerteventura, 13.03.09 (Pete Hines)

A group of Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus nests in a palm

Monk Parakeet, Stella Canaris Gardens, Jandia,Fuerteventura, 13.03.09 (Pete Hines)

a bird at the nest (not in a cavity) part of a colony of 30+ birds

Fuerteventura Chat, Barranco de Rio Cabras, Fuerteventura, 12.03.09 (Pete Hines)

Female

Fuerteventura Chat, Barranco de Rio Cabras, Fuerteventura,12.03.09 (Pete Hines)

Male

Southern Grey Shrike, Jandia, Fuerteventura,13.03.09 (Pete Hines)

A bird of the island race perched on the skeleton / sculpture