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Arbu
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Thanks for mentioning it. I'm thinking of making a short trip there in the next few days. Did you get the sparrow, swamp warbler and swift? It looks from ebird as if the former is easy enough. The latter two are easier on Santiago Island but they certainly do occur on Boa Vista. So I have to decide if I'm going to stay on Boa Vista or head across to another island for some of the time.
Presumably the Razo Island Lark is going to be impossible without a very substantial investment of time and money.
Steve Lister
Senior Birder, ex County Recorder, Garden Moths.
The female Bufflehead was on Rabil Lagoon in late January too - we had it on the 27th and two Polish birders a couple of days before that.
Razo Lark: you need to get to Tarrafal on Sao Nicolao and charter a boat for at least six hours. We paid 800 Euros for a fishing boat big enough to take ten of us, and the Poles I think paid 400 for a catamaran to take the two of them. When you get to Razo go past the tropicbird and booby cliffs then get close in and look for the larks on the low cliffs.
Steve
Razo Lark: you need to get to Tarrafal on Sao Nicolao and charter a boat for at least six hours. We paid 800 Euros for a fishing boat big enough to take ten of us, and the Poles I think paid 400 for a catamaran to take the two of them. When you get to Razo go past the tropicbird and booby cliffs then get close in and look for the larks on the low cliffs.
Steve
Steve Lister
Senior Birder, ex County Recorder, Garden Moths.
And the swamp warbler is only really feasible on Santiago. The Botanic Gardens and the area around there is a good bet (also for Yellow-browed Warblers !) and is the only place we saw Bannerman's Buzzard.
Steve
Steve
Arbu
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Thanks. I've decided to stay on Boa Vista though. Too much trouble to travel around the archipelago for a couple of small brown birds. But I'll definitely go birding around Rabil and in the desert of Boa Vista. If anyone else will be on the island and would be interested in joining me, get in touch.
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