Sunday, 16th March 2025, 7:13 a.m.
PN Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina--Burgau, Vila do Bispo, Faro, Portugal
Bradley Waggoner
Morning incidentals from deck of tent at Quinta Aurora. Other things like photo editing kept me from full effort.
| 1 | Common QuailCoturnix coturnix Heard-only |
| 3 | Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa Pretty vocal but allowed not ce views as well. So very similar to Chukar. |
| 4 | Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus |
| 2 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
| 2 | Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 6 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| 25 | Larus sp.Larus sp. |
| 2 | Little OwlAthene noctua Downhill from tent. Rather Burrowing Owl-like though not as long legged. Also some pygmy-owl like traits. |
| 2 | Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus |
| 3 | Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki |
| 2 | Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae |
| 3 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 1 | Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris |
| 6 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 15 | Western House MartinDelichon urbicum |
| 2 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 1 | Song ThrushTurdus philomelos |
| 4 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 1 | Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros |
| 2 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 3 | Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis |
| 10 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |