Extremadura again....
B and S have been to Extremadura again. Highlight was a 5 hour stay in a bird hide watching a vulture feast.
First bird to start the banquet was an elegant white stork - keeping dodgy company and habits!
Meanwhile black kites found a quiet spot to nibble at a huge fatty block that seemed to contain all sorts of unpleasant body parts.
Then the griffon vultures spotted what was going on...
Which started a bit of a scramble for the best bit of entrails...
After that was all consumed things quietened down, bar the odd bit of goose stepping and the occasional scrap.
Then a slightly larger black vulture noticed the next pile of food...
where another black was pulling at a tasty item from the disgusting fat block that by now was covered in large flies.
The three smaller Egyptian vultures wisely kept out of the scraps
While a passing hoopoe tried to get into the bird hide
After the feast they hung around to digest the meal
before heading off for the skies again on their nine to ten foot wingspans
Leaving the azure winged magpies to search for scraps.
A memorable morning, and a bird table with a difference.
First bird to start the banquet was an elegant white stork - keeping dodgy company and habits!
Meanwhile black kites found a quiet spot to nibble at a huge fatty block that seemed to contain all sorts of unpleasant body parts.
Then the griffon vultures spotted what was going on...
Which started a bit of a scramble for the best bit of entrails...
After that was all consumed things quietened down, bar the odd bit of goose stepping and the occasional scrap.
Then a slightly larger black vulture noticed the next pile of food...
where another black was pulling at a tasty item from the disgusting fat block that by now was covered in large flies.
The three smaller Egyptian vultures wisely kept out of the scraps
While a passing hoopoe tried to get into the bird hide
After the feast they hung around to digest the meal
before heading off for the skies again on their nine to ten foot wingspans
Leaving the azure winged magpies to search for scraps.
A memorable morning, and a bird table with a difference.