Saturday, July 31, 2010

Bird News of July

The best bird records of July in Burgos province.

-Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) 1 bird water reservoir river Ebro 23-07-10 (Manuel Estébanez)
- Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus). 2 bird 1-07-10 Bayas Lagoon Miranda de Ebro (Mario Alonso Blanco).
- Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax). 1 bird 21-07-10 Santillan (Alfonso Rodrigo García). 2 birds 27-07-10 Miranda de Ebro, river Ebro (Juan Carlos Torralba), 1 birds Suzana Lagoons (David Martínez Andrade)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea). 1 bird 1-07-10 Bayas Lagoon Miranda de Ebro (Mario Alonso Blanco).
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Monk Vulture (Aegypius monachus). 1 bird 06-07-10
Quintanilla del Agua Báscones del Agua (Israel Yáñez Ortega). 1 bird 14-07-10 Las Machorras, Espinosa de los Monteros (Mario Alonso Blanco). 2 birds Quintanilla del Agua 18-07-10 (Israel Yáñez Ortega). 1 bird 21-07-10 Mecerreyes (Alfonso Rodrigo García). 2 birds Quintanilla del Agua 24-07-10 (Israel Yáñez Ortega).
-Audouin's Gull (
Larus audouinii). 1 bird water reservoir river Ebro 29-07-10 (Manuel Estébanez)
-Black-eared Wheatear . 2 birds. M
ilagros 28-07-10 (José Luis Lobo cueva).


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Monday, July 26, 2010

National Census of Forest Raptors

This year I have completed my collaboration for the national census of forest raptors .
Special interst in, Honey Buzzard, Short-toed Eagle, Northern Goshawk, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Booted Eagle, Hobby, Black Kite, Red Kite, Spanish Imperial Eagle and Black-shouldered Kite.
In the square that I chose (VN 3040), I have had good, median and bad luck. A lookout point with good records( 6 species), another one with medium records(2 species) and another one with bad records (1 species).
These are the detected species.
Short-toed Eagle, two birds.
Booted Eagle, two birds, one with dark phase.
Hooby
Common Buzzard
Black Kite
Sparrowhawk
Hen Harrier