{"id":234,"date":"2008-12-10T20:47:32","date_gmt":"2008-12-10T18:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/birds-in-spain\/where-in-spain-are-these-birds-or-yes-we-pelican\/"},"modified":"2008-12-10T20:47:32","modified_gmt":"2008-12-10T18:47:32","slug":"where-in-spain-are-these-birds-or-yes-we-pelican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/birds-in-spain\/where-in-spain-are-these-birds-or-yes-we-pelican\/","title":{"rendered":"Where in Spain are these birds? Or, “Yes, we Pelican!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve just come back from a spot of birding<\/strong> and of course I’ve seen a few birds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So I thought we’d play a little birding guessing game<\/strong>: I tell you the birds I saw at a certain site, and you tell me where I was. The earlier you guess, the more points you get. OK?<\/p>\n

-OK<\/p>\n

Here goes with the first clue (5 points):<\/p>\n

1) 100’s of Black-headed Gulls, about 20 Yellow-legged Gulls and one or two Lesser Black-backed Gulls.<\/p>\n

– Er, the Ebro Delta<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

No. Next clue (4 points):<\/p>\n

2) About 20 Grey Herons and 1,000 or so Cattle Egrets.<\/p>\n

– Still sounds like the Ebro Delta<\/strong>. What about the Llobregat Delta<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

No! You’d never see that many Cattle Egrets in the Llobregat Delta. Well, I never have anyway.\u00a0 Next clue for 3 points:<\/p>\n

3) A Griffon Vulture, 12 Red Kites, 2 Marsh Harriers and a Common Buzzard.<\/p>\n

– Somewhere inland near Lleida I expect. But don’t ask me where.<\/p>\n

OK. You’re getting close, but I’m sure you can be a bit more specific than that. Next clue (2 points):<\/p>\n

4) About 350 White Storks<\/strong> and a White Pelican<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

– 350 storks! Are you pulling my leg?! I thought White Storks were supposed to migrate to Africa in the winter. And a White Pelican<\/strong>! Wait a minute, this sounds familiar… storks, gulls, egrets and a vagrant\/escaped Pelican. Wouldn’t be a rubbish tip would it?<\/p>\n

Correct! Well done! Indeed, the Lleida landfill site. The Pelican’s been knocking around with the White Storks for more than a month now. The Griffon Vulture <\/strong>was a surprise though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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