Great Bustards!

Hello & thanks for the comments. Not much time to do this update (blagging a PC in the guest house!) weather is atrocious! thunder, rain wind. Camped in a downpour day before yesterday but warm dry bed last night here in El Recuerdo, Trujillo (Lesser Kestrel by the bull ring). Martin & his wife are great hosts & the company were all birders.

El Recuerdo Guest house, Near Trujillo, Spain

Out this morning to bird the spanish steppes; Little Bustard (handsome), Montagues Harrier, Booted Eagle, Beeeater, Great Bustard (handsome but ridiculous!), Pin-tailed and Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Great Spotted Cuckoo . Fabulous but hard work & now I´m late leaving. Heading towards Madrid now. Here are a few photos. The landscape is Monfrague National Park - stunning, 3 species of vulture and lots of other bird of prey. The other photo is Black vulture (rare) taken by holding the digital camera up to the telescope. It worked! (click on the photos for a bigger/better image).

Gotta go, its 3.30 pm & I have no-where to stay yet. Off towards the Pyrenees though. Cheers all & thanks for the support (esp those followers)

Gypsy's Leap Monfrague

Monfrague National Park

Black Vulture