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A couple of weekends Gijón decided to stop by to visit a friend who is studying there. My goal was to spend a weekend off all, know the city and take the chance to photograph something that can be seen in the Asturian city. I had talked about the confidence of some wading birds that wintered in Gijón, but the truth is I did not expect much.
The main objective was the turnstone. Some waders active and looking for food all the rocks stained green at low tide. Had looking forward to this species and the truth is that it gave pretty good. In Gijón we can find flocks of these birds walking among the pedestrians like pigeons are treated. Flights accompanied by singing animated feature walks through the coastal zone.

Turnstone (Arenaria interpres )

often difficult to discover these animals because they are not too big and besides that its plumage is indistinguishable from the rocaje while remaining motionless. Some of the specimens photographed are beginning to present some of the feathers that look in the breeding season in breeding areas such as Scotland. Below attached a picture of the area which usually move these bugs.

Habitat dark sandpiper and turnstone

The best way to photograph is to be still in a zone where they are wandering in search of food and themselves getting closer to points that exceed the minimum focusing distance lens (1.8 m). Fast-moving and on cloudy days there are times when there Asturian have patience to photograph them still, but the results are worth it.

Turnstone beach background with

Turnstone on rocks

Apart from Turnstone although we also saw a few dark sandpiper. They are also more elusive than the turnstone and a size less. Its location also becomes more complex as their plumage is more off and blends better with the rocks bathed by the Cantabrian. Here is a picture of maritima.

dark Sandpiper (Calidris maritima )

The truth is that someone from the mountain and I will suit a change of scenery and other wildlife from time to time. Apart from the above I also saw wading egrets, black-headed gulls, gull, yellow-legged gulls and cormorants. Common animals seafarers but they do distract people from areas dens. It was a short entry but I wanted to do it. Greetings, I hope you enjoy and thanks for visiting the blog.