{"id":5625,"date":"2017-01-15T20:30:13","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T20:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birdingthestrait.com\/?p=1811"},"modified":"2024-03-26T12:52:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T12:52:40","slug":"griffon-sessions-in-tarifa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birdingthestrait.com\/blog\/griffon-sessions-in-tarifa\/","title":{"rendered":"Griffon Sessions in Tarifa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1813 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MG_9926.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>December marks the end of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kC55Fey8W7s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eurasian Griffon migration <\/a>to Africa in the Strait of Gibraltar. The last flocks\u00a0of juveniles will sea-cross in days of favourable weather, namely moderate wind with northern component and pristine visibility of the African coastline. In turn, those which after repeated attempts for weeks haven\u2019t succeeded will give up and overwinter in Spain, mostly in the south. Now that approximately 5000 juvenile griffons from 2016 are in Africa, it is the time for adults to begin a new breeding season. In January Griffons are fully engaged in their courtship displays performing spectacular aerobatics, tandem flights, showing of talons, etc. Cadiz province in Andalusia holds over 100 breeding colonies totalling around 2000 breeding pairs, which constitutes one of the main strongholds for the species in Spain and Europe.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1815\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1815\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1815 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MG_9951-815x1024.jpg\" width=\"604\" height=\"759\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adult Eurasian Griffon close-up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Throughout the region, there are a number of sites, including public observatories, where patient observers can stay to admire and photograph these masters of the soaring flight, with no disturbance to vulture\u2019s daily lives. This is something we particularly enjoy doing and these pictures give an idea about our first vulture session of the year in Tarifa.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1817\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1817\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1817 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MG_9983.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adult Griffon and the Waxing Gibbous last 7th of Jannuary in single exposure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This juvenile R\u00fcppell\u00b4s Griffon was a bonus to the sesi\u00f3n. Thanks to the pictures we could determine it is the same individual we photographed in a nearby region during a day trip last December.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1816\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1816\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1816 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/MG_9965a-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"604\" height=\"403\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long-staying R\u00fcppell\u00b4s Griffon in Tarifa a rare age-class among these African vagrants in Europe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December marks the end of the Eurasian Griffon migration to Africa in the Strait of Gibraltar. The last flocks\u00a0of juveniles will sea-cross in days of favourable weather, namely moderate wind with northern component and pristine visibility of the African coastline. 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