12 September 2024: Day 6, Tarifa and birding on the Strait of Gibraltar, WINGS Spain in Autumn. Click on right here to look (in most cases) the place I’m lately.
At U.S. hawk watches we observe vultures, hawks, eagles, falcons and kites however hardly ever file different species on the legitimate HawkCount.org. That isn’t the case at Tarifa the place fall migration features a general of 150,000 white storks (Ciconia ciconia) + black storks (Ciconia nigra).
This brief video is the sluggish movement passage of 4 raptors. I’m really not certain of the primary one however the others are two booted eagles (Hieraaetus pennatus) and an Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus).
Watch as large numbers of hovering birds wait to pass the Strait. Understand the sound observe! It’s WINDY!
Birding on the Strait is greater than observing hawks.
p.s. We had a really perfect morning on 10 September at Algarrobo hawk watch with hundreds of hawks and eagles plus alpine & commonplace swifts, 4 black storks, and 22 Eu bee-eaters.