The little island of Cabrera lies just off the southeast coast of Mallorca. The island gets its name from “cabra” which means goat in Spanish. “Está como una cabra” is a Spanish expression meaning someone is crazy/crackers (literally “like a goat”).
Well, I’ve just gone a little crazy after reading what the ringers (especially Eduardo Amengual) have caught there this autumn:
3 Olive-backed Pipits (2 ringed, 1 observed)
1 Eastern Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus samamisicus – for those, like myself, who were not in the know)
1 male Moussier’s Redstart (3rd for Spain)
1 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Yellow-browed Warbler
Birding has that: it’s much more fun actually getting out and seeing the birds than sitting at home and writing about them.
I wonder when I’ll be able to get to the coast…
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