Bird News of June

The best bird records of June in Burgos province.

- Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus). 1 bird 19-06-10 Bayas Lagoon Miranda de Ebro (Luis Lobo).1 bird 26/27-06-10 Bayas Lagoon Miranda de Ebro (José Luis Lobo) 1 bird 30-06-10 Bayas Lagoon Miranda de Ebro (Javier Morala)
- Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax). 1 bird 07-06-10 Ebro river Miranda de Ebro (David Martínez Andrade, José Luis Lobo Cueva, Pablo Sevilla).
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea). 2 birds 19-06-10 Bayas Lagoon Miranda de Ebro (Luis Lobo).
- Monk Vulture (Aegypius monachus). 1 bird 04-06-10 Hornillalatorre (Mario Alonso Blanco). 1 bird San Mamés de Abar 06-06-10 (Adolfo Cadiñanos Cortázar, Justina Pérez Martín). 2 birds and 33 Egyptian Vulture Mecerreyes 18-06-10 (Fernando Román Sancho). 7 birds Mecerreyes 21-06-10 (Alfonso Rodrigo García).
- Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa). 200 birds 12-06-10 Atapuerca Lagoons(José Eduardo Mateos Moreno, José Luis Lobo Cueva, Juan Antonio García Pérez).

More in the yearbook of Burgos

A bird with habit.

Opposite the Inn, we have a steep mountain with a little trees and bushes. A special site for to see birds.

Almost every year I have been able to observe this Short-toed Eagle (almost with complete certainty it is the same bird), landed in the same shrub.

Here a series of photos of different years.

April 2007

June 2008

May 2010

June 2010

Other Birds

Raven

Griffon Vulture

Golden Eagle

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New Birdwatching trip by the Gorges of Alto Ebro

Again, a short birdwatching route by the gorges of Alto Ebro and Rudrón rivers Nature Reserve.

This time by the valley of Zamanzas, gorges of Tudanca and Pesquera de Ebro and the highlands of Turzo and Orbaneja del Castillo.

In the valley, between apple trees, Red-backed Shrike.

Again Bonelli’s Warbler and Common Chiffchaff singing all day.

Golden Eagle, Egyptian Vulture and Griffon Vulture in the gorges area.

In the highlands of Turzo and Orbaneja, Blackcap, Dartford Warbler and Subalpine Warbler, singing from the shrubs.

More visible, Tree Pipit, Skylarks, Tawny Pipit, and Wheatear.

And from the garden of the Posada, with a beer in a hand and the binoculars in another one, we saw a spectacular Short-toed Eagle landed in a little tree.

A total of 43 species.

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The list of the day:

Black Kite

Egyptian Vulture

Griffon Vulture

Short-toed Eagle

Golden Eagle

Wood Pigeon

Common Cuckoo

Common Swift

Skylark

Crag Martin

Barn Swallow

House Martin

Tree Pipit

Twany Pipit

Grey Wagtail

White Wagtail

Black Redstart

Common Redstart

Common Stonechat

Northern Wheatear

Blackbird

Mistle Thrush

Song Thrush

Robin

Blackcap

Subalpine Warbler

Dartford Warbler

Bonelli’s Warbler

Iberian Chiffchaff

Firecrest

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Golden Oriole

Jay

Red-billed Chough

Carrion Crow

Spotless Starling

House Sparrow

Common Chaffinch

Serin

Linnet

Cirl Bunting

Yellowhammer

Thanks to Janet, Peter, Dawn, Chris, Valen and Raquel for its interest in the Burgos birds

Hybrid Common Redstart x Black Redstart

A spectacular bird, a hybrid of Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) X Black Redstart (Phoenicuros ochruros).

Discovered the last year in Dobro (More in Birds in the North of Burgos), the analysis of the photos determined the security almost that it is a hybrid of Common Redstart X Black Redstart.

The song of this bird is very similar to that of pure Common Redstart, not listening to the characteristic final note of Black Redstart, opposed to the exposed in the book Handbook of avian hybrids of the world

These two different species can nonetheless produce apparently fertile and viable hybrids.

Related articles:

British Birds:

Apparent hybrid redstarts in Finland resembling Black Redstart of eastern subspecies phoenicuroides

Journal of Avian Biology:

Hybridization between redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus and black redstart P. ochruros, and the effect on habitat exploitation

ABSTRACT

Although redstarts Phoenicurus phoenicurus and black redstarts P. ochruros breed in different habitats they have been found to interbreed and to produce viable and fertile offspring, which backcross to the parental species. In a dual choice experiment, I investigated the preference of black redstarts and redstarts, and F1-hybrids for different habitat structures in an aviary. Black redstarts strongly preferred a perch type on which they could stand to a perch they had to cling to. Redstarts were less selective and used both perch types equally as long as food was offered between both perches on the ground. If food was given at one of the perches redstarts changed their preference depending on food location. Black redstarts, however, showed only a slight response. They always preferred the same perch type. Hybrids behaved like redstarts. They did not show a preference as long as food was placed on the ground. When food was offered at one of the perch sites they more often chose the one with food. Due to high phenotypic variability among individuals perch type preference overlapped between the three experimental groups.

Gorges of Alto Ebro and Rudrón rivers Nature Reserve

New birdwatching trip by Gorges of Alto Ebro and Rudrón rivers Nature Reserve.

Day of heat and good weather.Four hours of birdwatching with a total of 41 species, some of them only heard.
We crossed the valley of Zamanzas, the gorge of Tudanca and the high areas of Dobro.
First, in the Inn it went to observe the Bonelli’s Warbler, that we could throughout observe and listen to the route and in different places.
Also they accompanied all the way to us, Common Chaffinch.We contemplate to the nuptial flight of the Tree Pipit and its characteristic song.Black Kite, Short-toed Eagle and the omnipresent Griffon Vulture.
Sparrows, House Martin, Swallows and Black Redstart in Tubilleja of Ebro.
More Chaffinch, Serin and Greenfinch, in Tudanca.
We went towards the high zones through a track, Stonechat, Coots in the lagoon of Dobro, Skylarks, Whitethroat, Linnet, Common Buzzard…
In the village of Dobro, Spotless starlings, House Martins and the peculiar hybrid of Common Redstart x Black Redstart.
Again in the gorges, Griffon Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, Red-billed Chough.The Bird list of the day:Black Kite

Egyptian Vulture

Griffon Vulture

Short-toed Eagle

Common Buzzard

Red-legged Partridge

Common Coot

Wood Pigeon

European Turtle Dove

Common Cuckoo

Common Swift

Wryneck

Skylark

Crag Martin

Barn Swallow

House Martin

Tree Pipit

Grey Wagtail

White Wagtail

Black Redstart

Common Stonechat

Blackbird

Mistle Thrush

Whitethroat

Blackcap

Bonelli’s Warbler

Iberian Chiffchaff

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Golden Oriole

Jay

Red-billed Chough

Jackdaw

Carrion Crow

Spotless Starling

House Sparrow

Common Chaffinch

Serin

Greenfinch

Linnet

Corn Bunting

Common Redstart X Black Redstart

Thanks to Janet and Peter for its interest in the Burgos birds