Thursday, September 25, 2008 - THE WILSON´S PHALAROPE AT JANUBIO, FIRST FOR LANZAROTE
by Francisco Javier García Vargas and Antonio Unquiles Cobos
On 24/IX/2008 F. J. García Vargas and A. Unquiles Cobos detected a Wilson´s Phalarope on the shore of the salt lake of Janubio salt pans. The bird was inside a flock of waders composed of Black-winged Stilts, Curlew Sandpipers, Sanderlings, Common Redshanks and Common Greenshanks. The bird was discovered about 17.50 and the light was a little poor and all the times that we tried to approach the bird it flew hundreds of meters inside the flock of waders. This is the reason why we could not get good pictures of the bird, so we hope that it remains in the place to get best photos.
This is (if accepted) the first record of Wilson´s Phalarope for Lanzarote and the eastern part of the archipelago.
NEW
The bird is relocated at Janubio on 26/IX/2008 (F. J. García Vargas), with bad weather and rain, obtaining new shots (not very good but...)
26/IX/2008 PICTURES
Wilson´s Phalarope. Janubio salt pans. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
Wilson´s Phalarope. Janubio salt pans. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
Wilson´s Phalarope. Janubio salt pans. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
Wilson´s Phalarope. Janubio salt pans. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
24/IX/2008 PICTURES
Wilson´s Phalarope. Janubio salt pans. Photo: F. J. García Vargas
Wilson´s Phalarope. Janubio salt pans. Photo: A. Unquiles Cobos
Wilson´s Phalarope. Janubio salt pans. Photo: A. Unquiles Cobos
Wilson´s Phalarope. Janubio salt pans. Photo: A. Unquiles Cobos
Wilson´s Phalarope. Janubio salt pans. Photo: A. Unquiles Cobos
Wilson´s Phalarope. Janubio salt pans. Photo: A. Unquiles Cobos
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