{"id":2464,"date":"2023-12-14T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/?p=2464"},"modified":"2023-11-21T23:58:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T22:58:47","slug":"advent-calendar-december-14th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdinginspain.com\/blog\/birds-in-spain\/advent-calendar-december-14th\/","title":{"rendered":"Advent calendar – December 14th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brrr! Is it cold outside? Have you got the heating on? Or have you been out gathering winter fuel?<\/p>\n

When I write file names for photos I often write the first unimaginative word that comes into my head, often followed by a number to distinguish it from the previous, similar but slightly different file that preceded it. It’s a symptom of my inherent indolence and disorder, and is something which almost inevitably leads to organizational problems further down the road. Florinda, the wife, well, I can almost hear her sighing in frustration and disapproval, because she is so organized (and it’s often her who has to pick up the stray bits I leave in my trail and rearrange them in some meaningful order). I’m not proud of that, but I’m not young either, so that’s why I’m telling you this.<\/p>\n

Well, no, actually the reason why I’m telling you this stems from what I was intending to say (easy distraction being another symptom of my age): that I actually named the image file of these two Griffon Vultures<\/strong> sitting together in a snowstorm “Snow Griffons<\/strong>” How about that? It actually sounds quite fitting for these two very stoical birds who would have already written off the rest of the day given the weather conditions.<\/p>\n

There’s so much I could tell you about Griffon Vultures<\/strong>, and maybe I will remember some of it in later posts.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Pirates of the Caribbean<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that this image is smaller than the rest: that is intentional, as I surrounded the Griffons with a wide white frame in order to extenuate their isolation and exposure to the elements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original photo was by Rudmer Zweiger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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