Summervacation 2011 part 3

Here are the last photos from my vacation on Corsica and Sardinia this summer.

 Common Swift, Bastia, Corsica, 1/8-11.

Audoin's Gull, adult with Yellow-legged Gulls, Propriano, Corsica, 3/8-11.

Sparrowhawk ssp. wolterstorffi, Propriano, Corsica, 3/8-11.

Italian Sparrow, female, Propriano, Corsica, 2/8-11.

Italian Sparrow, 2cy+ male, Propriano, Corsica, 2/8-11.

 Spotless Starling, juvenile, Propriano, Corsica, 2/8-11.

 Spotless Starling, adults, Propriano, Corsica, 2/8-11.

Goldfinch ssp. tchusii, adult, Propriano, Corsica, 3/8-11.

Spotted Flycatcher ssp. tyrrhenica, adult, Propriano, Corsica, 3/8-11.

Blue Tit ssp. cogliastrae, adult, Propriano, Corsica, 3/8-11.

Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), ferry between Propriano and Porto Torres, 4/8-11.

Hooded Crow ssp. sardonicus, Alghero, Sardinia, 4/8-11.

Summervacation 2011 part 2

More photos from Corsica in the period from the 29/7 at Haut Asco untill 1/8 on Cap Corse.

 Alpine Chough, Haut Asco, Corsica, France, 29/7-11.

 Lizzard sp., Haut Asco, Corsica, France, 29/7-11. Comments on the ID are welcome.

Yours truly photographing, Haut Asco, Corsica, France, 29/7-11. 

Scenic view, Haut Asco, Corsica, France, 29/7-11.

 

Yours truly at restaurant Le Chalet, Haut Asco, Corsica, France, 29/7-11.

Eurasian Crag Martin, Haut Asco, Corsica, France, 29/7-11.

Marmora´s Warbler, male, Mulino Cap Corse Mattei, Centuri, Cap Corse, Corsica, France, 31/7-11.

Marmora´s Warbler, 1cy, Mulino Cap Corse Mattei, Centuri, Cap Corse, Corsica, France, 31/7-11.

 Sardinian Warbler, male, Mulino Cap Corse Mattei, Centuri, Cap Corse, Corsica, France, 31/7-11.

Moltoni´s Warbler (Sylvia (cantillans) moltoni), 1cy?, Pino, Cap Corse, Corsica, France, 31/7-11. Listen to the diagnostic call of this (sub)species in the youtube-videos below. Beware if you hear the apparent call of a Long-tailed Tit og a Wren in a shrub in on the danish westcoast in May!!

Common Buzzard ssp. arrigonii, 1cy, Ersa, Cap Corse, Corsica, France, 1/8-11.

Summervacation 2011 part 1

My summervacation 2011 was spent on Sardinia (Italy) and Corsica (France) from the 25th of July to the 5th of August. We (my girlfriend Johanne and I) flew from Billund, Denmark to Alghero in the northwestern part of Sardinia with Ryanair. The day after arrival we took a ferry from Porto Torres on Sardinia to Propriano on Corsica where we rented a car and drove around Corsica for a week.

Shag, 1cy ssp. desmarestii, Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy, 26/7-11.

Scopoli´s Shearwater (Calonectris (diomedea) diomedea) on the ferry-crossing between Porto Torres and Propriano, 26/7-11. About 100 Scopoli´s Shearwaters were seen from the ferry but only one Yelkouan Shearwater was dissapointing. On the other hand a distant European Storm Petrel (a new lifer for me!) was a pleasant surprise since most people do not seem see this species according to the trip-reports that I have read.

Corsican Nuthatch, Col de Sorba, Vivario, Corsica, 28/7-11. At least 10 birds were seen this morning.

The stretch of road that is particularly good for the nuthatches have been highlighted with red.

Corsican Finch, adult male, Bergerie Grotello, vallée de la Restonica, Corte, Corsica, France, 28/7-11.

Chaffinch, male ssp. tyrrhenica, Bergerie Grotello, vallée de la Restonica, Corte, Corsica, France, 28/7-11.

Woodchat Shrike, 2cy+ female ssp. senator, vallée de Asco, Ponte Leccia, Corsica, France, 28/7-11. Supposedly badius should be the subspecies represented on Corsica but this bird has to be a bird of the nominate race.

Eurasian Jay ssp. corsicanus, vallée de la Restonica, Corte, Corsica, France, 28/7-11.

 Coal Tit ssp. sardus, Haut Asco, Corsica, France, 29/7-11.

Eurasian Treecreeper ssp. corsa, Haut Asco, Corsica, France, 29/7-11.