tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89994085136243133882024-03-13T00:39:31.916+01:00Bird of the MonthEvery month new birdphotos by Hans Munthe-KaasH Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-53571909207663482182016-06-13T13:09:00.000+02:002016-06-13T14:10:16.180+02:00Locustella fluviatilis<h4>
No: Elvesanger, En: River warbler, It: Locustella di fiume, Sci: Locustella fluviatilis</h4>
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A recurrent theme this year is rare birds in Hordaland. This <i>Elvesanger </i> has been heard at night for about a week in the island of Radøy north of Bergen. It is years between every time we hear this particular warbler in Hordaland. Thanks to Harald Totland for arranging the excursion.<br />
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River warbler, Radøy, Hordaland, June 13, 2016<br />
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H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-81289167241119169912016-02-29T19:03:00.000+01:002016-02-29T19:06:44.131+01:00Emberiza pusilla<h4>
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<span class="">Happy leap-year! This winter has been incredible in our county Hordaland, with many very rare visitors. </span></div>
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You will see some of them in the next months.</div>
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The little bunting lives in the Taiga of Siberia and normally migrates to north India and China. </div>
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This one has stayed much of January and February in the same garden as the <a href="http://www.birdofmonth.blogspot.no/2015_12_01_archive.html" target="_blank">Oriental Turtle Dove of my December post!</a></div>
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Fana, Hordaland, January 2016</div>
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H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-52456150515294227042016-01-06T16:10:00.000+01:002016-01-06T20:37:31.182+01:00Alcedo atthis<h4>
No: Isfugl, Eng: Common kingfisher, It: Martin pescatore</h4>
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The bird of January is well known in England and Italy, but rare in Norway. This male has been visiting a salmon river at Osterøy near Bergen the last two winters. It seems to live well! The salmon in the last photo was too large to be swallowed, so it threw it away and went to get a smaller lunchpack. It is amazing how the color changes from green to blue depending on the light.</div>
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Osterøy, Hordaland, January 2015</div>
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H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-60020147842434471432015-12-31T20:58:00.000+01:002016-01-06T21:07:39.099+01:00Streptopelia orientalis meena<h4>
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A very rare bird for the last post of the year. The Oriental Turtle Dove has only been seen around 20 times in Norway for the last 100 years.</div>
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H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-79205664092331850112015-11-30T18:53:00.000+01:002015-12-14T17:55:56.883+01:00Fulica atra<h2>
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A common bird (in our neighbourhood) for November. Actually it is on the Norwegian “redlist”, grade “VULNERABLE”, with a total of less than 1000 nesting birds in Norway. The photographic challenge is the red eye and the high contrast between white and black.</div>
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No: Brasiliansk graveugle, Eng: Brazilian Burrowing Owl</h3>
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Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brazil, September 2015</div>
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H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-65158820513211801312015-09-30T21:57:00.000+02:002016-01-06T22:00:42.512+01:00Galbula ruficauda<h3>
No: Rusthalejakamar<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Eng: Rufous-tailed Jacamar</h3>
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Brazil - fantastic. I could continue for several years just with my Brazilian photos … </div>
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Brazil has 1901 _known_ species (new appear regularly), compared e.g. to Australia 898, </div>
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Italy 527 and Norway 473.</div>
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This Jacamar was seen in the wood behind University of Sao Carlos (State of Sao Paulo).</div>
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Length (including tail and beak): 22cm. Eats: insects, butterflies etc, see last photo.</div>
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Sao Carlos, Brazil, September 2015</div>
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H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-15539418226853359582015-08-31T21:49:00.000+02:002016-01-07T08:21:37.252+01:00Circaetus gallicus<h3>
No: Slangeørn, Eng: Short-toed eagle, It: Biancone</h3>
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The August picture is from the highlands of inner Puglia, Italy, the Murge,</div>
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a beautiful natural park with a large variety of (to me) exotic birds.</div>
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A special thanks to Peppino Carlucci who showed me around!</div>
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Murge, Puglia, August 2015</div>
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H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-45030309919108058202015-07-31T21:40:00.000+02:002016-01-06T21:45:06.101+01:00Merops apiaster<h3>
No: Bieter, Eng: Bee-eater, It: Gruccione</h3>
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For July, I have selected this very colourful bird. It is occasionally seen in Norway, e.g. in June a group of 10 visited Hordaland. But these photos are from Extremadura, Spain,</div>
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Extremadura, June 2015</div>
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H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-84375735389004711332015-06-30T23:47:00.000+02:002015-11-27T23:48:21.983+01:00Falco naumanni<h2>
<b class="">No: Rødfalk, Eng: Lesser kestrel, It: Grillaio</b></h2>
<br class="" />Dear All,<br />This is from Harald and my trip to Extremadura, three days in May/June.<br />Altogether we saw about 85 different species, many of them new to me.<br />
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<br class="" />It is common folklore that you cannot shoot birds in action with a manual focus lens. Hereby disproven.<br />
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<br />H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-52409169592030222322015-05-31T23:17:00.000+02:002015-11-27T23:22:06.081+01:00Sylvia curruca<h3>
No: Møller, Eng: Lesser whitethroat, It: Bigiarella, Sci: Sylvia curruca</h3>
<br />Dear All,<br />A couple of weeks ago, Harald Totland said: “Wouldn’t it be cool to see a MØLLER in (our street) Møllevegen?” This bird is not common, in average seen in Bergen about once every year. Then the morning on the 13. of May, Harald spotted it sitting in a tree in our garden! This destroyed my morning, trying to get a photo, unsuccessfully. Fortunately, it stayed in the area for at least a week.<br />
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<br />H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-61462475448244523362015-04-30T23:11:00.000+02:002015-11-27T23:12:09.479+01:00Ardea alba<h4>
No: Egretthegre, En: Great egret, It: L’airone bianco maggiore</h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Dear All,</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;">In this month of April 2015, the EGRETTHEGRE (Great Egret) has been observed both in Hordaland (Bømlo) </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">and near Skien (Børsesjø). It is rarely seen in Norway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">My picture is from Iguazu Falls, Argentina, from christmas eve 2014.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Best,</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;">Hans</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Iguazu falls, Argentina, Dec. 24, 2014.</span><br />
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H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-88804584159643047862015-03-31T23:02:00.000+02:002015-11-27T23:04:04.810+01:00Sturnus vulgaris<h4>
No: Stær, En: Starling, It: Storno</h4>
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This photo of a starling from my garden was selected <i>Bird photo of the year</i> in Hordaland.<br />
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Storetveit April 10, 2014<br />
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H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-81266183614225191082015-02-17T09:56:00.001+01:002015-02-18T00:51:21.652+01:00Otis tarda<h4>
No: Stortrappe, En: Great bustard, It: Otarda</h4>
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I spent St. Valentines day 2015 alone in Extremadura, Spain watching the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lek_mating" target="_blank">mating lek</a> of the<br />
Great Bustard! (How romantic …). All together there were more than 30 birds in the field. This is a very big bird. The male weighs up to 16 kg, wingspan up to 240cm. It can fly, see bottom picture. The great bustard is almost extinct in all of Europe, except Spain. In Norway it has only been seen once, in 1761, described in a letter from Bishop Gunnerus to Carl von Linné.</div>
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The males utter the most amazing sound during the mating game. Hear it in <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03srqz5" target="_blank">BBC Tweet of the Day.</a></div>
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If you want to visit Extremadura, I highly recommend <a href="http://www.birdingextremadura.com/" target="_blank">Casa Rural el Recuerdo.</a></div>
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Hasta el próximo mes,</div>
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H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-80024019672080824692015-01-07T23:57:00.000+01:002016-01-06T21:30:57.463+01:00Somateria spectabilis<h4>
No: Praktærfugl, En: King eider, It: Re degli eredoni</h4>
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It is a remarkable sight to watch a flock of more than 700 Eiders (Ærfugl) diving for mussels. And among these one a single KING EIDER! King eiders are inhabitants of the far north (Finnmark, Spitsbergen, Siberia). Occasionally they appear on our latitudes. Last time in Hordaland was in 2009. They are also seen near Jomfruland (Bamble, Telemark) perhaps once every 5-6 years or so. And, on the coast of Scotland one or two are seen every year, so keep eyes open in Morar!</div>
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This bird is a male, about 3 years old. When they grow older they develop a characteristic ‘blub’ on the beak. (“Conspicuous head”). On this bird it is barely visible, so older birds are perhaps even more impressive. Still, I choose this as the first bird of 2015. </div>
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It is back again this winter! Some pictures below.<br />
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Uruguay and Argentina have been fantastic. We had many candidates for BotM-December. Today we went for our second day in the rainforest around Iguazu falls. We didn't have much hope of seeing the Toucan, since it is not easily seen, and we have been here for two days without any sign of it. Then, on christmas eve, last evening here, not long before sunset they appeared in front of us for a few minutes, not one but two Tucans! So this is the obvious choice. The Tucan looks unreal! It is really beautiful when it flies.</div>
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Thanks for help Paola! I dedicate these photos to Aurora, she is so fond of this bird.</div>
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H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-18494695024602011682014-11-30T00:39:00.000+01:002015-02-18T00:40:35.567+01:00Sitta europaea<h4>
No: Spettmeis, Eng: Nuthatch, Sci: Sitta europaea, It: P<span class="" style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">icchio muratore</span></h4>
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Enjoy the Nuthatch (Spettmeis), one of the cutest among the common garden birds.</div>
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H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-90630893997945754742014-10-31T20:16:00.000+01:002014-10-31T20:16:14.613+01:00Mergus serrator<h4>
No: Siland, En: Red-breasted Merganser, It: Smergo minore</h4>
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I went to Herdla island outside Bergen in the end of October. All vaders were gone, but there were many different ducks and geese. However, for aestetic reasons the main photo of the month is the Merganser in breeding plumage from Loch Morar in April. Compare with the eclipse plumage of October at Herdla (last photo).</div>
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H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-63773433647254946282014-09-29T17:48:00.000+02:002014-09-30T00:42:50.631+02:00Corvus monedula<h4>
No: Kaie, En: Jackdaw, It: Taccola</h4>
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<li>Last entry will be posted in March, year 2072. In total it will be about 720 species.</li>
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H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-49854889062643995402014-08-29T02:16:00.001+02:002014-08-29T02:32:59.868+02:00Calidris Alpina<h4>
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We went to the beach of Selje, Norway on August 10 to celebrate the wedding of Hildegunn and Rune. This Dunlin is dedicated to you!</div>
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Selje, Norway August 10, 2014. Manual focus Olympus OM 300mm lens, price was only £100 on ebay! Camera: Sony NEX 5N with EVF.</div>
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Sci: Fringilla teydea, No: Blåfink, Eng: Blue chaffinch, It: Fringuello azzurro</h4>
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The first bird from Tenerife is the Blue chaffinch (Blåfink). As the name indicates (fringilla is name of a family of finches including chaffinch, teydea = Teide volcano Tenerife), this is a particular bird endemic to Tenerife and Gran Canaria. I met these just below Teide. </div>
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Pictures from Mt. Teide, July 31, 2014.</div>
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No: Gjøk, Eng: Cuckoo, It: Cuculo</h4>
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The cuckoo is an important sign of spring/ summer. Traditionally, children in Norway are not allowed to walk barefoot before they have <i>heard</i> the cockoo.<br />
They never see it, since it is rather shy. I met this in the mountain above our cabin at Ustaoset, June 1. It was hiding well among the mountain rock.<br />
In the film-snippet below you can see it fly, a bit similar to a falcon.</div>
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H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-76332810265500589372014-05-31T23:28:00.000+02:002014-06-10T02:35:02.613+02:00Gavia stellata<h3>
Sci: Gavia stellata, No: Smålom, Eng: Red-throated diver, It: Strolaga minore</h3>
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The May posting is a follow-up on April. I'm very fascinated by the arctic birds staying on the coasts in the winter and migrating to arctic inland habitats in the summer. I have followed the Red-throated diver on all its journey from the Scottish isles to the Norwegian mountains this spring, first in the Inner Hebridies in the easter, then during migration outside Skogsøy, Hordaland May 1, and finally in summer plumage at Lake Biskola, near Ustaoset in the Norwegian mountains now on May 31.<br />
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Summer plumage, Lake Biskola, Ustaoset May 31<br />
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Winter plumage, Inner Hebridies, Scotland, Easter.</div>
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Migration outside Skogsøy, Hordaland, Norway, May 1.</div>
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Everything below: Lake Biskola, Ustaoset, Norway, May 31.</div>
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H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-18087408740459900832014-04-20T17:25:00.000+02:002014-04-21T23:06:41.856+02:00Gavia immer<h4>
Sci: Gavia immer, No: Islom, Eng: Great northern diver, It: Strolaga maggiore</h4>
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We are just back from a wonderful easter-week at the Buchanan estate, Loch Morar, Scotland. Thanks! The <i>Great northern diver </i>is an exciting bird, which stays at the coast of Scotland in the winter and migrates to Iceland to breed in the summer. It was nice to see that there were both birds in winter plumage (white and grey head) and summer plumage (black head). I found it very exciting when a beautiful bird in summer suit dived down to find a Plaice (Rødspette) for breakfast. Normally they are quite far out, but this was close to the shore.</div>
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H Munthe-Kaashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15840507520217503835noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999408513624313388.post-32826416662309668842014-03-16T10:45:00.001+01:002014-03-16T13:03:23.677+01:00Ciconia ciconia<h4>
Sci: Ciconia ciconia, No: Stork, Eng: White stork, It: Cicogna bianca</h4>
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This month I post a bird after two weeks in Madrid. The White Stork is perhaps the most typical bird in Spain. In cities like Segovia (below) storks nest on the rooftops.</div>
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<i>The Mystery of the non-migrating Storks:</i> For ages storks have migrated to Africa in the winter. Since they need warm up-winds to fly, they cannot cross the wide parts of the Mediterranean, and must cross either over Gibraltar or through the Middle East. This is one reason why Spain has more storks than any other European country (> 30.000). Then, in the 1980s, they learned that it might be easier to stop migrating and stay in Spain also in the winter. Instead of feeding on frogs and snakes, they found 'junk food' to feed on in the garbage land fill sites. So, nowadays storks are seen in Spain also in the winter. Why this change in behaviour? Nobody knows, but it is being investigated. I believe that they just learn from each other. Learning has been observed in other bird species. Read more: <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130227085845.htm" target="_blank">Why has Storks Stopped Migraging (Science Daily).</a></div>
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Interestingly, the fertility rate in Spain <span id="goog_1583918703"></span><span id="goog_1583918704"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a>dropped dramatically from the 1950s until exactly the moment the Storks stopped migrating. From that point on, the curve flattened, and even started to climb! <a href="http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=sp_dyn_tfrt_in&hl=en&dl=en&idim=country:ESP" target="_blank">Fertility in Spain.</a></div>
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Hans</div>
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