Llanos del Libar

We decided to visit Llanos del Hibar after a recommendation from a birding friend, John Castello. We'd never been to this particular area before and after driving for two hours (some of the time spent manoeuvring winding roads), we finally got to our destination!

Llanos del Hibar

Llanos del Hibar is predominantly rocky (mountain area) so we drove around, stopping off every now & then to scan the area. Being a very bright and sunny day, we thought it might be a good opportunity to spot Raptors.

Thekla Lark

Here is a complete list of what we were able to observe on that day:

• White Stork
• Egyptian Vulture
• Griffon Vulture
• Short-toed Eagle
• Kestrel
• Common Cuckoo
• Alpine Swift
• Common Swift
• White-rumped Swift
• Hoopoe
• Thekla Lark
• Swallow
• Black Redstart
• Redstart

Woodchat Shrike

•  Stonechat
• Black-eared Wheatear
• Black Wheatear
• Blue Rock Thrush
• Black Bird
• Subalpine Warbler
• Dartford Warbler
• Sardinian Warbler
• Firecrest
• Blue Tit
• Great Tit
• Short-toed Treecreeper
• Woodchat Shrike
• Rock Sparrow

Black Wheatear

•  Linnet
• Chaffinch
• Serin
• Green Finch
• Gold Finch
• Siskin
• Cirl Bunting
• Rock Bunting

Thekla Lark

Firecrest

Chaffinch

Woodchat Shrike

Chaffinch

Black Wheatear

Firecrest

We reckon that now is a good time to head over to Brazo del Este again however, we need to wait for the weather to improve before we make any definite plans. 

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