And other birds in Nabia

And other birds in Nabia because the roll doesn’t end up (at all!) with swallows, sparrows, coal birds, blackbirds, robins or woodpeckers…

There are the big ones… in this area it’s common to see Griffon Vultures flying, in groups and in circles, looking – I guess – for some dead goat.

And they are certainly impressive and majestic (if one did not know what they are) with their large wings extended and gliding in the air currents of the heights…

It is relatively easy to end up thinking about the “Condor Pasa” of Simon & Garfunkel… although maybe that is more of an age thing…

Others that are relatively easy to see are the royal eagles, which is also easy to confuse – for me at least – with vultures, because they have those feathers at the end of the wings that look like fingers

Star and starry

And they told me about a peregrine falcon that crashed into one of our suites, the 8, and was stunned for a little while, just enough so that our guests could photograph it, but immediately resumed its flight

It is to be expected that he had good relations with the imperial eagles that – at least one couple – live in the nearby Gredos mountains… because they are flying in the same territory.

We cannot finish without mentioning another of the beauties that we hope to see soon fly through the peaks of Gredos, which is the Bearded Vulture, to which an association has once again nested in the area and in whose repopulation Nabia contributes.

Life project

¡Last news! According to the Diario de Ávila of April 4, “Five bearded vultures already fly in the sky of Gredos”. They are called Zapardiel, Chilla, Benemérita, Risco and Galana (three females and two males)

According to forecasts of the Life project, in two or three years Ávila will be one of the few points where the four necrophagous species of the country will be seen: the griffon vulture, the black vulture, the vulture and the bearded vulture”

Now we just have to learn to distinguish… It appears the Griffon Vulture has wider wings and shorter tail, while the Bearded Vulture has longer, narrower wings and a feathered head…

I have not told you about all, all, all the birds in Nabia, only those I have seen, and I do not understand much about birds…

But an ornithologist we had staying with us made a list of everyone she had seen in just one afternoon and there are many more winged guests to talk about!

Working in the hours when they decide to walk (fly) around Nabia does not help you to see more variety, but for a first post on the subject… Not bad, is it?