Friday, May 9, 2008 - BLACK-HEADED WAGTAIL AT TÍAS GOLF COURSE. FIRST FOR THE CANARY ISLANDS

by Juan Sagardía Pradera, Francisco Javier García Vargas and Antonio Unquiles Cobos

On 05/V/2008, J. Sagardía detected an adult male of Black-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava feldegg at Tías golf course. F. J. García Vargas and J. Sagardía visited again this place the same day in the afternoon and the bird was still there, being observed again by F. J. García Vargas and A. Unquiles Cobos on 07/V/2008.

The bird was very shy and nervous, flying at a long distance and was very difficult to take photographs of it.

This is an extreme vagrant to the Canary Islands and (if accepted) it will be the first record for the archipelago.

Black-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava feldegg. Tías golf course. Photo: J. Sagardía

Black-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava feldegg. Tías golf course. Photo: J. Sagardía

Black-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava feldegg. Tías golf course. Photo: J. Sagardía

Black-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava feldegg. Tías golf course. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

Black-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava feldegg. Tías golf course. Photo: F. J. García Vargas