Rustic Bunting in Portugal

[Simon Wates]

This morning, around 09.00hrs Thijs Valkenburg caught a Rustic Bunting very close to the place where he caught the recent Little Bunting (see previous post "Sibes in Algarve"). Looks like a 1st winter plumaged male.

See photos (soon) at http://aves.team-forum.net/forum.htm

I believe that this is just the second recorded in Portugal.

Simon

[Colin Key]

Fabulous record - it is the second for Portugal, the first was at Abicada (east of Ria de Alvor) quite a few years ago (12th November 1990 at 22.00hrs by Peter Harris). Well done Thijs (who trapped and photographed the bird).


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http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o100/Passarinhos/pic_0510.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o100/Passarinhos/pic_0212.jpg


Colin