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Oct 14 2014
Terra Cotta Park.
Oct 15 2014
Oct 14 2014
Terra Cotta Park.
Oct 15 2014
Oct 14 2014
Terra Cotta Park.
Oct 15 2014
Oct 14 2014
Terra Cotta Park.
Oct 15 2014
May 15 2008
male
This species has an unmistakeable song and is very common in the Mediterranean range.
Jul 14 2014
Jun 26 2010
Large gull taxonomy is quite complex and new species come and go as genetic analyses are performed. In Europe, the Mediterranean form of the Herring Gull (ssp. michahellis) has been attributed species status quite recently, and it is now called (as you can see from the pic) Yellow-legged Gull.
Jul 10 2014
Jun 5 2011
juvenile
Shags in the Mediterranean belong to a separate subspecies (desmarestii) and only occur around rocky shores, such as in Sardinia. Here they replace the otherwise far more common Great Cormorant.
Jul 1 2014
May 6 2012
Wood Warblers occur on Italian islands in the thousands during spring migration. The islands are a last resort for birds exhausted after having crossed about 500 km of the Mediterranean in one bout. This one was lucky enough to find some aphids to pick off the flowers!
Jul 1 2014
Jul 29 2012
Linosa island hosts the second largest Cory's (ssp. Scopoli's) Shearwater colony in the Mediterranean, with around 10000 pairs. The picture is not so good but shows them during their rafting. Around sunset, the birds gather together just outside the colony an will wait there until the moon goes down. No shearwater attends their nests when the moon is still shining! This is done chiefly to avoid predation.
Jul 1 2014
May 2 2012
Terra Cotta Natural Park,
Point Claire
May 3 2012