{"id":946,"date":"2016-06-26T19:54:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T19:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/sunday-june-26-2016-leuk-switzerland\/"},"modified":"2016-06-26T19:54:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T19:54:53","slug":"sunday-june-26-2016-leuk-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklinhaas.com\/wordpress\/sunday-june-26-2016-leuk-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday, June 26, 2016, Leuk, Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we hunted for our two most-wanted birds — Lammergeier and Wallcreeper..<\/p>\n

We went to where a local Swiss birder referred us — Leuk.<\/p>\n

We followed the directions to a chasm of shear rock faces over a roaring stream cascading down the mountainside. We stared at the canyon walls for almost two hours, hoping to see a Wallcreeper fly. They are almost impossible to pick out on the rock face.<\/p>\n

No luck!<\/p>\n

We did see some other new birds — Alpine Chough and Alpine Swift — and got some photos of other birds.<\/p>\n

We then took the cable car from Leukenbad up to Gemmi — which had been recommended to us as THE place in Switzerland to see Lammergeier.<\/p>\n

As we entered the cable car and looked up at the cables, they disappeared into the clouds — as did we.<\/p>\n

It was totally socked in up top, and we only had a few minutes at a time of breaks in the cloud cover below for us to scan. So we dipped out on that one too!<\/p>\n

However, we did pick up Alpine Accentor and Snowfinch for the trip.<\/p>\n

We are now heading to the eastern tip of Switzerland to finish up before heading back towards Zurich.<\/p>\n

The trip list is 91 with 71 lifers.<\/p>\n

Here are more photos.<\/p>\n

\"Juvenal<\/a>

Juvenal Black Redstart, Leuk, Switzerland, June 26, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Eurasian<\/a>

Eurasian Jay, Leuk, Switzerland, June 26, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Eurasian<\/a>

Eurasian Jay, Leuk, Switzerland, June 26, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Crag<\/a>

Crag Martin, Leuk, Switzerland, June 26, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Alpine<\/a>

Alpine Chough, Leuk, Switzerland, June 26, 2016 (Barb took this one with her cell phone!)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Alpine<\/a>

Alpine Chough, Leuk, Switzerland, June 26, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Alpine<\/a>

Alpine Accentor, Leuk, Switzerland, June 26, 2016<\/p><\/div>\n

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