El Hondo in February

El Hondo, Saturday 14th February, 2015.

My first visit this year with the main intention of seeing the Spotted Eagles (Águila Moteada) before they go north. Sometimes the views here are in the distance and this morning it was the case. One had perched low in the red beds, but one bird was in a distant Palm tree and allowing a full view of it.

In the larger hide we could see in the distance two birds flying sometimes together, acrobatically so, and then flying apart before rejoining. Undoubtedly they were the eagles that I had come to see, but without any of them flying over our heads.

Nearby Moustached Warblers (Carricerin Real) were calling from reeds and eventually we did have very good views. I will look for these birds next time I visit. All the time I was watching these warblers Crag Martins (Avion Roquero) were flying within feet of us. Also seen was a Swallow (Golondrina Común) and some House Martins (Avión Común).
Earlier a female Merlin (Esmerejón) flew and a Peregrine ( Halcón Peregrino) was seen.
There is always something good to see here and I could have listed more, but in many ways it was a relatively quiet morning.