NOT JUST BIRDS; WARRIORS I

Each person I know is a warrior. Two hours up + two hours down. Here Maria with the mysterious rock "el pajarcico" behind her, at Sierra de Carrascoy.

COLUMBIA LIVIA. OVISPILLO BLANCO.

As far as I remember at home there are always been pigeons, the wild Columba livia flying around home. We have an small dovecot, with more than 100 pigeons at full yield. Here I pay a little tribute to them.

Ovispillo blanco para diferenciarla de su prima de la alta montanya, la paloma zurita, la tan, tan, escasa. Aqui dejo esta preciosidad de especie, que semi-domesticada todavia se puede ver volando sobre esos fabulosos y viejos palomares. Un deleite para la vista. Que vuelen muchos anyos mas.  

After see these pictures I should reconsider how to draw a bird flying. This is more complex that I thought.

CALIFORNIA BIRDS I : COVER

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

I grow up in a little village call "Pedania de la Costera" near Alhama de Murcia, Murcia, Spain. My father, Andres, was in charge of a farm (500 Ha,  1200 acres) with a lot of mountains around  (Sierra de Carracoy). It give me the opportunity of be very close to local wildlife. During my stay in Davis, CA (3 years, 2007-2010) I renew my past experience at home, I found that go out and try to know the birds of North California was like come back to me childhood. It was like new stickers on my particular birds album, which one most beautiful?

There are over 10,000 species of birds in the world. About 925 have been seen in the U.S. and Canada. In California there are about 641. Colombia is one of the top countries with larges concentration, about 1700. Spain has about 525. Here there is a very small sample of the North California birds.

Vuelvo a traer esta fotografia a mi blog, quizas porque a alguien a quien admiro le gusta, quizas tambien porque hablar de las aves y compararlas con las aves de otros paises, podria decir algo mas de esos paises que el solo recuento de su variedad y por tanto de su diversidad y riqueza. Aqui un tipo de andarrios, llamado "killdeer", muy comun en el area de Davis. Un ave muy inquieta, de ahi la foto, pero terriblemente cercana y bonita. Casi todas las fotografias de aves estan realizadas en los caminos y carreteras secundarias que rodean Davis. Davis esta en el valle de Sacramento, sin montanyas proximas, solo cultivos y la cuenca del rio sacramento. Ya esta, disfrutemos de que lo podemos ver desde la ventanilla del volvo 850.

I dedicate this blog to the people of Davis, because I feel that I am indebted to them.