A week ago, on the 7th of February, Tony and I ventured out to the feeding station for carrion
birds on the outskirts of Cortes de la Frontera in Cadiz Province. Although just 45 minutes away from our village, Montejaque, the climate seemed much more mild . There were hundreds of
Griffons circling around the station, a few young ones waiting on tree tops, and a
few feeding on remaining scraps of what appeared to be a dead horse. I
was surprised by the large number of Crag Martins (Ptyonoprogne rupestris) whizzing about just
above station; the insects attracted by the carrion had probably, in turn, attracted them. There was a large, shiny Common Raven picking
on a scrap it had carried up to the dead tree just above the wooden
hide. Lots of Mistle Thrushes were chasing insects around the carrion. Further down the track we saw a Green Woodpecker and a small, probably young, female Great Spotted Woodpecker.
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