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