Michael‘s Seventh Year

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938/E198) Slender-Billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei) / Dünnschnabelmöwe

 

Ebro Delta, 17/9/2022. Another quite localised species.

 

 

 

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939/E199) Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) / Pfuhlschnepfe

 

Ebro Delta, 17/9/2022. A very rare vagrant in Austria but not uncommon here.

 

 

 

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940/E200) Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) / Raubseeschwalbe

 

Ebro Delta, 17/9/2022. A quick fly-by. My only one so far this year.

 

 

 

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941/E201) Grey aka Black-Bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) / Kiebitzregenpfeifer

 

Ebro Delta, 17/9/2022. Plenty of Waders in the Delta but I already had most of them. This distant Grey Plover hid between dozens of Dunlins, Ringed and Kentish Plovers.

 

 

 

 

 

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942/E202) Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres ) / Steinwälzer

 

Ebro Delta, 17/9/2022. Another one which is super-rare in Austria but quite common in coastal areas.

 

 

And a Wild Boar just because it was there:

 

 

 

 

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943/E203) Stock Dove (Columba oenas) / Hohltaube

 

Lleida Steppes, 18/9/2022. You know my special relationships with these ones.

 

 

 

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944/E204) Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax) / Zwergtrappe

 

Lleida Steppes, 18/9/2022. One of the main targets here. Not very cooperative. Difficult to approach, there´s no cover whatsoever here.

 

 

 

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945/E205) Thekla´s Lark (Galerida theklae) / Theklalerche

 

Lleida Steppes, 18/9/2022. The default Lark here.

 

 

 

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946/E206) Little Owl (Athene noctua) / Steinkauz

 

Lleida Steppes, 18/9/2022. Very lucky sighting, it gave me just enough time for this single shot.

 

 

 

Edited October 21, 2022 by michael-ibk

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947/E207) Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata) / Spießflughuhn

 

Lleida Steppes, 18/9/2022. A long search for them resulted in this juvenile at least.

 

 

 

 

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948/E208) Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra) / Kalanderlerche

 

Lleida Steppes, 18/9/2022. A few flocks were around but always kept their distance. Super-cropped.

 

 

 

Edited October 21, 2022 by michael-ibk

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949/E209) Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) / Sperber

 

Lleida Steppes, 18/9/2022. Not my year for them.

 

 

But it gives me an excuse to post a Goshawk photo. SInce I see them so, so rarely I was very excited about that sighting.

 

 

 

 

 

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950/E210) Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo) / Uhu

 

Lleida Steppes, 18/9/2022. Super-thrilled about this sighting, lifer for me!

 

 

 

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951/E211) Iberian Green Woodpecker (Picus sharpei) / Iberiengrünspecht

 

Lleida Steppes, 18/9/2022. Another lifer - quite happy about that, the one Woodpecker I was still missing for completing my European collection of them.

 

 

 

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952/E212) European Roller (Coracias garrulus) / Blauracke

 

Lleida Steppes, 18/9/2022. A surprisingly late straggler, they are normally all gone by now. Why couldn´t it behave like a LBR?

 

 

 

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953/E213) Red-Rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica) / Rötelschwalbe

 

Lleida Steppes, 18/9/2022. Saw two among a lot of Barns.

 

 

 

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954/E214) Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura) / Trauersteinschmätzer

 

Lleida Steppes, 18/9/2022. Another lifer - and these are getting harder and harder in Europe. Disappointingly it did not appreciate my excitement and flew off immediately.

 

 

 

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955/E215) Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia) / Steinsperling

 

Lleida Steppes, 18/9/2022. Quite a few of them on the wires.

 

 

 

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956/E216) Red-Billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) / Alpenkrähe

 

Lleida Steppes, 18/9/2022. "Alpine Chough" in German which is quite illogical since there are none here.

 

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957/E217) Wood Lark (Lullula arbore) / Heidelerche

 

Lleida Steppes, 18/9/2022. Another thrilling Lark photo.

 

 

 

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958/E218) Eurasian Stone-Curlew aka Thick-Knee (Burhinus oedicnemus) / Triel

 

Lleida Steppes, 18/9/2022. At last a more accommodating bird.

 

 

 

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959/E219) European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) / Krähenscharbe

 

Garraf/Falconera, 19/9/2022. A well-known roost.

 

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960/E220) Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitarius) / Blaumerle

 

Garraf/Falconera, 19/9/2022. My long history of unsatisfying photos for this species continues.

 

 

 

 

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961/E221) Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata) / Provencegrasmücke

 

Garraf, 19/9/2022. The main target here. Very pretty but tricky little Warbler.

 

 

 

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962/E222) Western Subalpine Warbler (Curruca iberiae) / Iberische Weißbartgrasmücke

 

Garraf, 19/9/2022. A recent (a bit controversial) split from Subalpine. Which I have not seen this year so does not matter really if it´s a good species or not.