Champions of the Flyway!

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Provence, August 2010 - non-avian fauna

The French Family Fontenoy and other animals













Provence, August 2010 - raptors












Honey Buzzards migrating over Caumont ridge, Bonelli's Eagle over the house, Common Buzzard, and Short-toed Eagles on the opposite hill

Provence, August 2010 - passerines





















Black Redstart family in a quarry by the village, wonderfully common and tame Pied Flycatchers, equally accomodating Bonelli's Warblers, Sardinian Warbler on Fontenoy Hill, Zitting Cisticolas at the Camargue, Red-rumped Swallows migrating over the house

Provence, August 2010 - Flamingoland















The main attraction, plus flocks of migrating Purple Herons heading out over the Med, and Greenshanks