Another crack at the Blue Chaffinches and then the rest of the day on Mount Teide.
Deb and Ian, Day Eighteen.
Ebird List for Las Raíces.
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| Tenerife Blue Chaffinch (Pinzón Azul de Tenerife / Fringilla teydea). |
We started the day by heading back to the Picnic area at Las Raices but this time we parked at the lower car park and spent some time around the Picnic areas near there where after a bit of a search we had good views of several
Tenerife Blue Chaffinches (Pinzón Azul de Tenerife /
Fringilla teydea) which came in closest when we sat down and got some breakfast out.
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| Tenerife Blue Chaffinches (Pinzón Azul de Tenerife / Fringilla teydea). |
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| Tenerife Blue Chaffinches (Pinzón Azul de Tenerife / Fringilla teydea). |
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| Tenerife Blue Chaffinches (Pinzón Azul de Tenerife / Fringilla teydea). |
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| Tenerife Blue Chaffinches (Pinzón Azul de Tenerife / Fringilla teydea). |
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| Tenerife Blue Chaffinches (Pinzón Azul de Tenerife / Fringilla teydea). |
In the same area we also found
Canary Island Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pico Picapinos / Dendrocopos major canariensis),
Canary Islands Chaffinch (Pinzón de Canarias / Fringilla canariensis), African Blue Tit (Cyanistes Teneriffae / Herrerillo canario),
Atlantic Canary (Serin Canario / Serinus canaria),
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) and
Small White (
Pieris rapae).
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| Canary Islands Chaffinch (Pinzón de Canarias / Fringilla canariensis). |
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| Canary Islands Chaffinch (Pinzón de Canarias / Fringilla canariensis). |
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| Canary Islands Chaffinch (Pinzón de Canarias / Fringilla canariensis). |
We returned to the car and made our way up towards Mount Teide making several stops on the way, at the first we found
Dense-flowered Orchid (Neotinea maculata), Tree Lucerne (Cytisus proliferus),
Sonchus acaulis,
Canary Aeonium (Aeonium canariense) and
Ageratina adenophora.
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| Dense-flowered Orchid (Neotinea maculata). |
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| Canary Aeonium (Aeonium canariense). |
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| Canary Aeonium (Aeonium canariense). |
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| California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica). |
At another View point we stopped again and photographed
Eryismum scoparium and
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica).
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| The Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis) regenerating after the August 2023 fire. |
We continued on climbing and at one of the view points we got some nice views out to Teide through the clouds, it looked just stunning.
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| Teide, a couple of minutes later it was covered in cloud. |
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| Deb, Ian and Teide. |
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| Some of the geology on the way up,,, |
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| and some more. |
Further on we stopped for a coffee and some lunch at the Restaurante El Portillo were we saw more of the
Tenerife Blue Chaffinches and I probably got my best views and Photographs at this spot along with several
Atlantic Canary.
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| Some plants growing in the inhospitable habitat around Minas de San Jose. |
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| Deb and Ian crossing the gravel at Minas de San Jose. |
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| The view from Minas de San Jose. |
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| The view from Minas de San Jose. |
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| Tenerife Lizards (Gallotia galloti). |
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| Tenerife Green Striped Whites (Euchloe eversi). |
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| Tenerife Green Striped Whites (Euchloe eversi). |
We walked back to the car and continued on to Mirador El Tabonal Negro where we stopped to get some photographs of the stunning Echium wildpretii which we had seen back along the road but this was the best plants we had seen along with a good parking spot as well as Scrophularia arguga. |
| The view from Mirador El Tabonal Negro. |
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| Echium wildpretii. |
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| Echium wildpretii. |
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| Echium wildpretii. |
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| Echium wildpretii. |
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| Echium wildpretii. |
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| Scrophularia arguga. |
Further on we pulled in at the bottom of the road up to the Teleférico del Teide where we turned around and started to make our way back down the Mountain making just a quick roadside stop to check out some flowers which were Pericallis cruenta and we also found a couple of Canary Blues (Cyclyrius webbianus). |
| Pericallis cruenta. |
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| Canary Blue (Cyclyrius webbianus). |
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