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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Luis Alberto BIRDAYTRIP" data-source="post: 3325588" data-attributes="member: 122738">Sunrise and Vultures at El Chorro (2015.12.11)Searching for different angles from which to look at my birding tours, I found this fantastic spectacle today... Have a look at the video: <a href="https://youtu.be/XSfRH4iXrpQ" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/XSfRH4iXrpQ</a>It was still very dark. The temperature was fantastic for this time of the year but the wind made it a bit chilly up there.The first bird of the day was a male Black Redstart that was roosting in the cave that leads to the entrance of the Caminito del Rey. Once I got to the top, I could hear a Tawny Owl in the distance and, with the first lights of the day, even before the early Blackbirds started calling, the silhouette of the Griffon Vultures started to show up in the horizon... Fantastic!I was still too dark for pictures so I started filming the vultures.Then, the first Blackbirds woke up with a Great Tit and a Chiffchaff, and flocks of Chaffinches and Linnets flew past over the hill. Other flying friends were Sparrowhawk, Crag Martin and Spotless Starling.I could spot the Bonelli’s Eagle perched in the cliffs over the Caminito.On my way down the summit I found Dartford Warbler and had great views of the gorgeous and friendly Rock Bunting. After that, I had Blue Rock Thrush, Sardinian Warbler, Greenfinch and Serin.As I approached the woods, Robin, Blue Tit, Black Wheatear, Short-toed Treecreeper, Firecrest, Song Thrush, the calls of the Cetti’s Warbler from the Gaitanejo reservoir and Common Crossbills.</blockquote>

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