A late start but a Spainsh Lifer from America.
Rambla Morales
Ebird List.
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Two of the four White-winged Terns (Fumarel Aliblanco / Chlidonias leucopterus). |
After getting a phone call from good friend Juan Perez Contreras to tell me that a
Wilson's Phalarope (Falaropo Tricolor / Phalaropus lobatus) that had been around for a few days was still there I set off within a few minutes and I was on site within 2.5 hours but I could not find the bird.
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Wilson's Phalarope (Falaropo Tricolor / Phalaropus lobatus). |
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Wilson's Phalarope (Falaropo Tricolor / Phalaropus lobatus). |
I did however see the first of four
White-winged Terns (Fumarel Aliblanco / Chlidonias leucopterus) feeding out over the lake and on the lake
Northern Shoveler (Pato Cuchara / Anas clypeata), Mallard (Anade Azulón / Anas platyrhynchos),
Northern Pintail (Ánade Rabudo / Anas acuta), a single Red-crested Pochard (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina),
White-headed Duck (Malvasia Cabeciblanca / Oxyura leucocephala),
Little Grebe (Zampullín Común / Tachybaptus ruficollis), Eurasian Coot (Focha Común / Fulica atra), Common Moorhen (Gallineta Común / Gallinulas chloropus),
Slender-billed Gull (Gaviota Picofina / Larus genei) and
Greater Flamingo (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus) were all seen.
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Red-crested Pochard (Pato Colorado / Netta rufina). |
On the beach and around the margin I added
Western Swamp-hen (Calamon Común / Porphyrio porphyrio),
Black-winged Stilt (Ciguenela Común / Himantopus himantopus), Kentish Plover (Chorlitejo Patinegro / Charadrius alexandrinus),
Bar-tailed Godwit (Aguja Colipinta / Limosa lapponica) x2,
Ruff (Combatiente / Philomachus pugnax),
Greenshank (Archibebe Claro / Tringa nebularia),
Curlew Sandpiper (Correlimos Zarapitin / Calidris ferruginea),
Dunlin (Correlimos Común / Calidris alpina),
Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba),
Little Stint (Correlimos Menudo / Calidris minuta) and 4x
Collared Pratincoles (Canastera Común / Glareola pratincola).
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Collared Pratincole (Canastera Común / Glareola pratincola). |
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Sanderling (Correlimos Tridáctilo / Calidris alba). |
We watched the bird for quite a while before we went down to the Salina's where we looked for but did not find a
Lesser Flamingo (Flamenco Enano / Phoenicopterus minor) which had been around for a while, however we did see
Spotted Redshank (Archibebe Oscuro / Tringa erythropus),
Eurasian Curlew (
Numenius arquata), Avocet (Avoceta Común / Recurvirostra avosetta),
Common Redshank (Archibebe Común / Tringa totanus),
Little Stint,
Dunlin,
Sanderling,
Black-winged Stilt,
Little Egret (Garceta Común / Egreeta garzetta), Greater Flamingo, Eurasian Spoonbill (Espátula Común / Platalea leucorodia),
Shelduck (Tarro Blanco / Tadoma tadorna),
Sandwich Tern (Charrán Patinegro / Sterna sandvicensis),
Black-necked Grebe (Zampullín Cullinegro / Podiceps nigricollis) and
Great Cormorant (Cormorán Grande / Phalacrocroax carbo).
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Western Osprey (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus). |
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Western Osprey (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus). |
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Western Osprey (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus). |
I spent another couple of hours sat on the sand adding
Common Sandpiper (Andarrios Chico / Actitis hypoleucos),
Western Osprey (Águila Pescardora / Pandion haliaetus),
Black-headed (Gaviota Riedora / Larus ridibundus),
Lesser Black-backed (Gaviota Sombria / Larus fuscus) and
Yellow-legged Gulls (Gaviota Patiamarilla / Larus Michahellis), Marsh Harrier (Aguilucho Lagunero Occidental / Circus aeruginosus),
Reed Warbler (Carricero Común / Acrocephalus scrpaceus),
Sand (Avión Zapador / Riparia riparia) and
House Martin (Avión Común / Delichon urbica),
Barn Swallow (Golondrina Común / Hirundo rustica) and
Western Yellow Wagtail (Lavandera Boyera / Motacilla flava flavissima) before I headed back home.
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Greater Flamingo's (Flamenco Común / Phoenicopterus roseus). |
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