A Hobby for my Granada Year List.
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Hobby (Alcotán Europeo / Falco subbuteo). |
After getting a message from Juan Perez about a 2CY
Hobby (Alcotán Europeo / Falco subbuteo) yesterday I decided to go and have a look as it is a species that is always difficult to see in the Province.
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Hobby (Alcotán Europeo / Falco subbuteo). |
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Hobby (Alcotán Europeo / Falco subbuteo) from the other side of the pool. |
I got up early and I was on site by 07.30 ans as soon as I arrived I could see the bird out over the water involved in aerial combat with a
Sparrowhawk (Gavilán Común / Accipiter nisus)
but as I reached the lake side the dogfighting finished and the Hobby landed in one of the dead trees out in the lake.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicm2-GM5_JEPyBOtW4YagS9y3pDUMxi7uGgjoui4a3Vb6_oCbtwoKwrNgMV34KhQWaWCIyY4WSfZzxa53xtlcsW5arWQVb-JhKzcgHHX_mMBMrdIafXtKNe-n_3tHHnSF5r4fWPgdsu98/s16000/28th-June-21-5.jpg) |
Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus).
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Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus). |
For the next two hours the Hobby just sat and preened so I did a bit of a walk and added Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus), Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus), Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus), Nightingale (Ruisenor Común / Luscinia megarhynchos), Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata),
Golden Oriole (Oropéndola / Oriolus oriolus),
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),
Barn (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and
Red-rumped Swallow (Golondrina Dáurica / Hirundo daurica),
Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra),
Little (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta) and Western Cattle Egret (Garcilla Bueyera / Bubulcus ibis),
Blackbird (Mirlo Común / Turdus merula),
Blackcap (Curruca Capirotada / Sylvia atricailla),
Collared (Tórtola Turca / Streptopelia decaocto) and
Turtle Dove (Tórtola Europea / Streptopelia turtur) and
Woodpigeon (Paloma Torcaz / Columba palumbus).
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Booted Eagle (Aguililla Calzada / Hieraaetus pennatus). |
I was just about to walk back to the car when Juan rang to say he would be at Cubilla's Res shortly if I wanted to join him for a couple of hours so I made my way to the spot where we usually spend out time checking the Tamarisks.
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Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata). |
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Spotted Flycatcher (Papamoscas Gris / Muscicapa striata). |
Juan was already there with Chika when I got there, so I sorted out my stool and we spent the next couple of hours birding, fussing Chika and chatting.
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Purple Herons (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea). |
Whilst we were there the main highlights were a couple of
Purple Herons (Garza Imperial / Ardea purpurea), Great Crested Grebe (Somormujo Lavanco / Podiceps cristatus),
European Bee-eater (Abejaruco Común / Merops apiaster),
Common Buzzard (Busardo Ratonero / Buteo buteo), Black Kite (Milano Negro / Milvus migrans) and another pale morph
Booted Eagle.
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