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I LOVE this photo
1 year agoWow!
1 year agoLa Vera is a Comarca (more or less a county). These towns are all in it.
1 year agoTry a Lumix with 40 x zoom!
1 year agothat looks tempting
1 year agoI suspect that Spanish Night Owl-ness is at its peak when the high temperature is 107F and the sun sets after 9 PM.
1 year agoLooking at it on a big screen, I see a red coat. I never thought about coyotes being a western USA animal. That’s interesting.
1 year agoProbably a fox. The only other similar species in Spain is the gray wolf, which is highly unlikely according to wiki distribution map.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_fox
Coyotes are north/central American
https://forestupdate.frec.vt.edu/content/dam/forestupdate_frec_vt_edu/newsletter/archives/2021/Parkhurst.pdf
Thanks for sharing all the details. Very helpful!
1 year agoThis made me smile
1 year agoOur apartment here has all sorts of bird photos as decorations. You would like it. We have a couple of vulture shots in the bedroom. That is a first for me! Vultures in the bedroom.
1 year agoGriffon vultures, probably. You must be near Monfragüe National Park, a spot famous for them.
1 year agoI was wondering if he was after the bug, and not wanting to come inside. I was standing right in front of him. I had time to get my phone out and take a photo. When we got in our apartment, there was a salamander climbing on the wall. Now that I think about taking a photo of it, I don't see it any more.
1 year agoMight be a Spanish wall lizard. Good bug eaters!
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/424864-Podarcis-hispanicus/browse_photos
Black beetle is some kind of darkling beetle. Narrowed it down to maybe genus Akis.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56546-Akis
I agree! That and an aqueduct photos are my two favorites of the trip.
1 year ago