{"id":903,"date":"2016-06-21T20:00:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T20:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/tuesday-the-camargue-france-june-21-2016\/"},"modified":"2016-06-21T20:00:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T20:00:01","slug":"tuesday-the-camargue-france-june-21-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/tuesday-the-camargue-france-june-21-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday, The Camargue, France, June 21, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we birded the Camargue, a huge coastal preserve on the Mediterranean in southeastern France. It is like Brigantine on steroids. Marshes, salt-pans, brush, ponds, woods, etc. I have no idea how large it is, but is somewhere around 20 x 25 miles.<\/p>\n

There were a lot of birds. Some of them, we couldn’t identify until we got back to the hotel and studied the photos!<\/p>\n

The highlights were the Flamingos (of course), but also the Bee-eaters, and Short-toed Eagle. We discovered the eagle was banded when we saw the photos. The Bee-eaters, unfortunately stayed just far enough away that the photos were not sharp — but certainly enjoyable.<\/p>\n

We will be birding more of this area tomorrow.<\/p>\n

The trip list is 70 with 53 lifers.<\/p>\n

Here is a gallery of some of today’s birds.<\/p>\n

\"Zitting's<\/a>

Zitting’s Cisticola (Fan-tailed Warbler), Camargue, France, June 21, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Yellow<\/a>

Yellow Wagtail, Camargue, France, June 21, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Yellow-legged<\/a>

Yellow-legged Gull, Camargue, France, June 21, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"White<\/a>

White Stork, Camargue, France, June 21, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Turtle<\/a>

Turtle Dove, Camargue, France, June 21, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Stonechat,<\/a>

Stonechat, Camargue, France, June 21, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Short-toed<\/a>

Short-toed Eagle (with leg band), Camargue, France, June 21, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Sardinian<\/a>

Sardinian Warbler, Camargue, France, June 21, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Lizard,<\/a>

Lizard, Camargue, France, June 21, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Little<\/a>

Little Egret, Camargue, France, June 21, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Eurasian<\/a>

Eurasian Jackdaw, Camargue, France, June 21, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Glossy<\/a>

Glossy Ibis, Camargue, France, June 21, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Greater<\/a>

Greater Flamingo, Camargue, France, June 21, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Cattle<\/a>

Cattle Egret, Camargue, France, June 21, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Black-winged<\/a>

Black-winged Stilt, Camargue, France, June 21, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Black-headed<\/a>

Black-headed Gull, Camargue, France, June 21, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Bee-eaters,<\/a>

Bee-eaters, Camargue, France, June 21, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Avocet,<\/a>

Avocet, Camargue, France, June 21, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

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