Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 15 FEBRUARY 2008 SOUTH TENERIFE REPORT: THE TRICOLORED HERON SEARCH
by Juan Sagardía Pradera
On 15/02/2008 I made a trip to the south of Tenerife looking for the Tricolored Heron that has been there during more than a month. I tried to find it on December at Las Canteras beach on Gran Canaria without success. But this time was different and I could take lots of photographs of this beautiful species, never seen before in Spain.
After this and accompanied by a local friend I went to an irrigation pond in the south of the island where I took some pics of a Blacksmith Plover. This long stayer has nearly sure a captivity origin but it was a very amazing bird and was an enjoyment to take some photos of it.
A quick visit to El Fraile pond gave Eurasian Spoonbill, Eurasian Wigeon and Tufted Duck.
If you want to see more pics at higher resolution of the Tricolored Heron I invite you to see Juan Sagardía´s Birdingspain clicking on it at the links area.
Tricolored Heron. Las Americas (Tenerife). Photo: J. Sagardía
Tricolored Heron. Las Americas (Tenerife). Photo: J. Sagardía
Tricolored Heron. Las Americas (Tenerife). Photo: J. Sagardía
Tricolored Heron. Las Americas (Tenerife). Photo: J. Sagardía
Tricolored Heron. Las Americas (Tenerife). Photo: J. Sagardía
Blacksmith Plover. Irrigation pond at South Tenerife. Photo: J. Sagardía
Blacksmith Plover. Irrigation pond at South Tenerife. Photo: J. Sagardía
Eurasian Wigeon. El Fraile. Photo: J. Sagardía
Tufted Duck. El Fraile. Photo: J. Sagardía
Grey Wagtail (ssp. canariensis). El Fraile. Photo: J. Sagardía
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