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.

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

On 05/02/2008, a Yellow-browed Warbler was detected in a little garden with a few trees near the old town at Puerto del Carmen. It could be seen again on 06 and 07/02/2008 at the same garden. It is a very long awaited first for our personal list of birds observed in Lanzarote.

 

Yellow-browed Warbler. Puerto del Carmen. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

 

Yellow-browed Warbler. Puerto del Carmen. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

 

Yellow-browed Warbler. Puerto del Carmen. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

 

Yellow-browed Warbler. Puerto del Carmen. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

 

Yellow-browed Warbler. Puerto del Carmen. Photo: J. Sagardía

 

Yellow-browed Warbler. Puerto del Carmen. Photo: J. Sagardía

 

 

by Francisco Javier García Vargas

 

On January 2008, about rarities is specially remarkable the Lesser Canada Goose at plains near Montaña de Saga between 07 and 11/01. You can see a special report about the bird here. Another interesting bird was the fourth calendar-year Audouin´s Gull that I saw at Arrecife on 18/01. Water Pipits have stayed all month at Tías golf course, remaining there into February.

About scarce migrants, were interesting the following records:  Black-necked Grebe (4 birds at Janubio on 02, 11 and 20/01, beeing the highest number that we have seen on the island), Eurasian Spoonbill (1 bird at Órzola on 19/01),  Common Teal (1 bird at Guatiza on 19/01), Eurasian Marsh Harrier (1 bird seen by J. Sagardía at Güime on 01/01), Eurasian Sparrowhawk (1 bird at Tabayesco on 10/01), Common Buzzard (1 bird at Tahiche on 03/01), Little Ringed Plover (birds at Tías golf course), European Golden Plover (2 birds at Arrecife), Red Knot (birds at La Santa and Órzola), Common Snipe (birds at Tías golf course), Black-tailed Godwit (the highest number that we have seen, with 3 birds at Los Cocoteros and 5 at Janubio), Eurasian Curlew (2 birds at Órzola and 1 at Janubio), Great Spotted Cuckoo (1 bird seen by A. Unquiles at Janubio on 30/01), Sand Martin (1 bird at La Santa on 20/01) and Red-throated Pipit (birds all month at Tías golf course and reamining there into February).

 

JANUARY 2008 COMPLETE LIST

Black-necked Grebe

Black-necked Grebe. Janubio salt pans. Photo: J. Sagardía

 

Black-necked Grebe. Janubio salt pans. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

 

Cattle Egret

Little Egret

Grey Heron

Eurasian Spoonbill

Lesser Canada Goose

Common Teal

Eurasian Marsh Harrier

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Eurasian Sparrowhawk. Tabayesco. Photo: J. Sagardía

 

Common Buzzard

Common Buzzard. Tahiche. Photo: J. Sagardía

 

Common Kestrel

Barbary Falcon

Houbara Bustard

Black-winged Stilt

Little Ringed Plover

Ringed Plover

Kentish Plover

European Golden Plover

Grey Plover

Red Knot

Sanderling

Little Stint

Dunlin

Common Snipe

Black-tailed Godwit

Bar-tailed Godwit

Whimbrel

Eurasian Curlew

Common Redshank

Common Greenshank

Common Sandpiper

Ruddy Turnstone

Black-headed Gull

Audouin´s Gull

Audouin´s Gull. Arrecife. Photo: F. J. García Vargas

 

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Yellow-legged Gull

Sandwich Tern

Eurasian Collared Dove

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Great Spotted Cuckoo. Janubio salt pans. Photo: A. Unquiles  Cobos

 

Great Spotted Cuckoo. Janubio salt pans. Photo: A. Unquiles  Cobos

 

Hoopoe

Lesser Short-toed Lark

Sky Lark

Sand Martin

Barn Swallow

House Martin

Berthelot´s Pipit

Meadow Pipit

Red-throated Pipit

Water Pipit

Water Pipit. Tías golf course. Photo: J. Sagardía

 

White Wagtail

European Robin

Northern Wheatear

Song Thrush

Spectacled Warbler

Blackcap

Common Chiffchaff

Willow Warbler

Southern Grey Shrike

Common Starling

Common Starling. Arrecife. Photo: J. Sagardía

 

Spanish Sparrow

Common Linnet

Trumpeter Finch