Majorca, 3/5/2012

Day 5

07.00 hours, first light, we are up in the mountain area , Lluc, in the monastry car park, as soon as we arrive

Wryneck, 2

one very close, calling continuously for 1 hour +, very hard to get clear views, even harder to get a photo

Also seen, Nightingale and Spotted Flycatcher

We move up to the Cuber Resevoir, a full circuit we had good views of

**BLACK VULTURE, 5
**GRIFFIN VULTURE, 5
Booted Eagle, 2
Raven, 3
Blue Rock Thrush, 1

also Spotted Flycatcher, Common Sandpiper

Booted Eagle

Blue Rock Thrush

Black Vulture

Then a move back down to s'Albufera reserve for more photos and to add to the seen list

Avocet
White Wagtail
Kentish Plover

Little Ringed Plover

Kentish Plover

                          Kentish Plover

Kentish Plover

Red-crested Pochard

Red-crested Pochard

Little Egret

Little Egret

Red-crested Pochard

Red-crested Pochard

Little Grebe

17.30 hours, the light is right for photos at Albufereta
M.S. went off on a wander,
I tucked myself away out of sight, not a sound, no movement, 4 top species photographed from the same position in 40 minutes of incredable bird watching.

Stone-curlew
Sardinian Warbler
Woodchat Shrike
Kestrel

Stone-curlew

Kestrel

Woodchat Shrike

Sardinian Warbler

The sun was sinking fast, shadows, I made my way over to the sea shore where M.S. had been having an equal exciting encounter with

Kentish Plover, 4 including a very nice adult male.
Sanderling, 1

The light is now a bit low, however a distant record shot

Sanderling

Kentish Plover


21.00 hours, in the usual company, we listen to Scops Owl and Stone-curlew and catch up on the days events.

Scops Owl

new sightings today to add for this trip list

Wryneck

Black Vultures

Griffin Vultures

Avocet

White Wagtail

Totals update

Today                                         Seen so far             Totals to date

5 Birds to add to the list seen             86                     TOTAL SEEN, 5 days  91 species

9  Species photographed                   25                     TOTAL SPECIES PHOTOS, 5 days  34 species

 

** 2  New bird species for me            5                      TOTAL NEW BIRDS for me, 5 days  7 species