10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2024

The distinctive shape of the antlers is typical of stags in Central Spain An impressive multi-pointed Red Deer stag , photographed in Norfolk where such big stags are not unusual thanks to good feeding When birding abroad, I’ve seen Roe in many different countries, from France to Greece. and Mountain Hares in Scotland and Scandinavia.

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Critter News

JANUARY 8, 2009

Tags: spain animal rights.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2012

As soon as I knew that I was heading to Spain, my mind jumped to Lammergeyers. Of course, Spain is home to other vultures. In fact, I believe that I may, possibly, have sent my boyfriend a chat message containing just that one word and and exclamation point. Then I sent him a picture to explain my excitement. Lammergeyers!

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Critter News

JUNE 10, 2011

But some industry experts doubt Spain, a nation which has an unemployment rate above 20% and a stagnant economy, can afford to pay out €300m to farmers. Others have suggested that the amount of money allocated would only be enough to assist half the Spanish egg industry to convert.

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Critter News

APRIL 20, 2012

King Juan Carlos of Spain, Honorary President of WWF Spain, is recovering in hospital after breaking his hip in Botswana where he was on an elephant hunt. Whilst not illegal, it shows a complete disregard for his 'subjects' and total contempt for his role as 'Honorary President of WWF Spain'. From the Wildlife Extra News.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 12, 2024

For the first time in many visits I failed to see Griffon Vultures on Cyprus, where they are seriously endangered, but I have seen many in Spain this year in Andalucia and both Cantabria and Castile y León. Northern Spain also produced my best views of Honey Buzzards (I did see one briefly in Greece in May).

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2024

I couldn’t describe it better than Willoughby Verner did in his book “ My Life Among the Wild Birds in Spain ” published in 1909: “ It is when the Egyptian Vulture or Neophron, as it is also styled, is seen close at hand that it is revealed in all its hideousness. The most recent estimates suggest that some 1,500 pairs breed in Spain.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2019

I had a work trip to southern Spain earlier this month. But, amazingly, not all the “House Sparrows” I saw were House Sparrows ; a large group in Algeciras, in southern Spain, were Spanish Sparrows , and a smaller group in Madrid were European Tree Sparrows. (In The rush returns, and now we know enough to appreciate it!

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This will be the beginning of a work trip to Spain and Morocco. By the time I post this, I will be in Dublin, Ireland. But we always try to find somewhere new and interesting for the first few days of such trips, while we adjust to new time zones. This year’s choice was Dublin.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2012

For this reason, I’d like to take a break from my bird recital and talk for a minute about the truly marvelous reptiles I saw in Spain. Since I encountered no lizards at all growing up, this did a lot to contribute to my vision of Spain as a magical fairyland. And I’m not even counting this guy. Now, I’m no herper.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

According to some sources, when the so-called Pilgrims settled in for the First Thanksgiving Dinner with the local Native Americans, in 1620, they dined on Turkey, and this Turkey came from the Old World, from stock that was originally brought to Spain by Columbus. According to R.D.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2012

So, yes, it was Spain. Specifically, rural northwestern Spain, at various points along the Camino de Santiago, an ancient pilgrimage route to the supposed burial place of Saint James the apostle and, before that, to the westernmost point in continental Europe, the supposed End of the Earth, the Finis Terra.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2020

Iberian Green Woodpecker, Madrid, Spain. Greater Flamingo, Málaga, Spain. I had to go to southern Spain to knock that one off my bucket list. Seeing White Storks in Spain this year was pretty cool, too. And the winner is… Eurasian Hoopoe, Madrid, Spain. I just haven’t seen any of them. I mean, come on!

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10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2015

For example, the White-headed Duck is nowadays a rarity in Europe (okay, excluding Spain, I know… that Spain …), but until some 50 years ago, it used to breed in Serbia. And that is why the hides are where they are, not to admire the scenery (or shoot at it – hunting is prohibited in the reserve and the ban is enforced).

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2013

In the end, it was birding that has taken him from his native Serbia, across the Balkans and Turkey, to the very borders of the Old World: East Anglia and Spain, southern Africa and India, where he chased that country’s rarest owl. Trips Catalonia Europe Spain' We look forward to many more missives from Dragan.

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JANUARY 18, 2015

However, the European or Western Swamphen (and boy, do I wish they find a nicer name once the split is accepted) is entirely confined to a small area of the WP, as it currently ranges very patchily from NW Africa and Spain to the Italian island of Sardinia. ” Birds Europe Purple Swamphen rails Spain' Pay heed to the warning.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 14, 2024

This is central Spain instead, and I am well into the worst time of year for birds. It was only two weeks ago that I was on a bleak moor on Shetland and now I wish that I had the cool temperatures, the cloud and the rain that I had moaned about then. The ground is parched, the plants are yellow and dry and many birds are clearing out.

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MARCH 17, 2021

Let’s just say that the journey from the capital city, Port of Spain, to the said peninsula could easily run into 2.5 Most tourists historically spent their time at the northern end of the island and although it may seem like a small place – getting around can be a bit tricky. hours one-way.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2024

If you’ve birded in Spain, possibly more than once, and are considering another Mediterranean country to quench your thirst, look to the east. Steve Dudley, a bird guide and author of the Lesvos birding guide, once told me: “Greece is THE premier birding location in Europe for me [and for yours truly as well].

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Critter News

MARCH 20, 2012

It's a pretty powerful image.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Complete with pictures. "On On the night between Wednesday and Thursday we put incendiary devices in the Cascante (Navarra) bullring. They worked and they were effective. Bullfighting is a symbol of animal exploitation in which bulls are tortured and killed because there are people who find it fun.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2011

But instead of feeding the Cuban masses hungry for freedom from Spain the Ovenbird in Bryant Park nourishes birders desperate for freedom from the tyranny of the season. -José Martí For the second time in three years there is an Ovenbird hanging around in Bryant Park well into December.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

I had already seen this raptor in Spain, preparing to cross the Straits of Gibraltar. I had seen Great White Pelican s in Izmir, but the Dalmatian Pelican was a new-to-me inland bird. Overhead, a Booted Eagle rode thermals slowly upward. Could this individual have done the same, across Turkey’s Bosphorus straits, recently?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2024

With only a few exceptions, the core of the distribution of most steppe birds lies in Spain so the southeastern part of Portugal is the better area to visit. So why go to Portugal if Spain has the same birds? Throw in Iberian Pigs, the odd fighting bull and a few flocks of sheep and the similarities are striking.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2015

I’ll start off by naming the univerally accepted species, the House Sparrow propper Passer domesticus , the Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus and the ill-named Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis , which occurs from Spain all the way to central Asia and is rather difficult to find in the former.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2019

Since I will still be enjoying my last couple of days in Spain on this week’s deadline, I thought it might be the moment to share it with all of you. In April of this year, I had the crazy idea of submitting this article to 10,000 Birds for their consideration. I’ll post more recent material next week!

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2011

This Blue Rock Thrush ( Monticola solitarius ) by lofer in Spain has lovely shine on the eye and the reddish tones in the rock and background really make this male shine.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Good. (..)

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

After weeks of preparation (and not writing many 10,000 Bird posts), my wife and I are finally in Spain. Algeciras, Spain, to be specific — right around the bay from Gibraltar. Our trip to southern Spain is a work trip, so it was a week until I was able to get out and bird in form. Black Kite.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The other two, Clement and Lyster, went to Spain and down the Atlantic edge of the continent, more than 1,000 miles to the west. Funny story about that – though they did take widely divergent paths they have come back together : Three of the birds, Chris, Martin and Kasper, flew down through Italy and straight across the Sahara desert.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2024

At the time of writing, my British year list stands at a modest but satisfactory 139, while my European list is on 173, thanks to a visit to southern Spain in February. In Spain, my most notable raptor was a fine adult Spanish Imperial Eagle, sitting on a roadside pylon near the town of Medina-Sidonia. I can’t wait.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2011

.&# So says the lead in this BBC News article , which references a recent study done by researchers from the Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala, Sweden and the Donana Biological Station, Seville, Spain. And, no, urban birds’ brains aren’t growing.

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Critter News

MARCH 22, 2012

I was disappointed that Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa was one of those that signed a petition to keep this cruel and unnecessary torture of animals around. I guess I won't be reading his books! For the full story, go here to latino.foxnews.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2011

I had reached my goal: I was able to capture an image of a Little Owl in flight and in complete darkness, that demonstrated that this type of photo can also be taken with digiscoping.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2013

Portugese workers brought in to trim the local trees clustered around the television set, drinking heavily and watching a Portugal-Spain soccer match; during a moment of celebratory elation, a shirtless man raced by with a Portugese flag stuck down the back of his pants, the red and green banner snapping jauntily as he disappeared out the door.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2012

v=Tm1lCEkh67U The world population of Great Bustards is estimated at about 34,000 individuals, with 2/3 calling the vast steppes of Spain their home (thanks Wikipedia). Think: breakdance dance-off. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm1lCEkh67U Wow, how I love the Spanish steppes. Actually, I just love steppes.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2023

A Bulgarian conservationist Emilian Stoynov told me that this vulture hatched in 2021 in Spain and, rehabilitated, was transferred to neighbouring Bulgaria, acclimatised and released in Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park in 2022. It is soaring higher, ever higher, until it is gone, nowhere to be spotted (likely, glided away).

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