{"id":9055,"date":"2021-05-11T18:26:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T18:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdingthestrait.com\/?p=9055"},"modified":"2024-03-26T12:52:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T12:52:37","slug":"global-big-day-8-may-2021-birding-the-strait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birdingthestrait.com\/blog\/global-big-day-8-may-2021-birding-the-strait\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Big Day in Andalucia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
One more year, Birding The Strait has participated in the Global Big Da<\/a>y in Andalucia. This time, we planned a route in the province of Cadiz, from Do\u00f1ana to the Strait of Gibraltar. We decided to skip the Grazalema mountains in order to reduce the mileage and increase the effective birding time. All in all, it proved to be a most enjoyable day of birding. Moreover, we established a new record of species for the Global Big Day in Andalucia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n This is the chronicle of our Global Big Day 2021:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before dawn we headed for the Guadalquivir river mouth. We made a stop to observe the Bald Ibises<\/a><\/strong> roosting peacefully at their breeding colony in Vejer de la Frontera. Next, with the first light of day, we had a most remarkable observation: a striking subadult Spanish Imperial Eagle<\/strong>. The observation was so good that we managed to read the code on the ring she was wearing (white RH). Later on, we learned that this bird was born in Do\u00f1ana in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSunrise in Do\u00f1ana<\/h2>\n\n\n\n