Holiday Snaps

No ringing again this morning, too windy, maybe tomorrow will be better.  Meantime CJ and Mrs. CJ are back from a week on Lanzarote, where CJ was allowed out for a morning birding by himself, and managed to secure a few piccies...

Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii is common and comes to crumbs in tourist car-parks, so that's an easy one.

Canary Islands Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis koenigi is fairly common too, though rather less approachable.

Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens, easily heard but harder to see, I just got onto this and a couple of others when my attention was distracted by something else...

Fairly distracting in the scheme of things, a Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor, one of three that put in an all-too-brief appearance.

The local race of Houbara Bustard, Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae, is usually seen departing rapidly from the scene; at least this one paused for a look before making itself scarce.

On the other hand, the main theme of the Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus seems to be "if I don't move he won't see me". You do tend to get a great many identical pictures of birds like this.