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Quail

The truth is that there are certain photographs that pose a challenge for the photographer. A major challenge simply because of the difficulty of get your head as it has been imagined. I always wanted to shoot quail in northern Leon, but it is an almost desperate when you face a field in which several copies sing and not get to see not a single movement of any of them. My previous sightings had been shooting quail surveys of the birds in front of my feet, but this week I could see and photograph a quail as he had always imagined.

Quail (Coturnix coturnix )

years as these that have been heavy rainfall make the quail are more abundant in our latitudes. As you know this is a trans-migratory species that visit us in April-May to breed on the peninsula. It seems incredible that birds with the size of a quail (16 cm long approx) develop travel of such caliber. There are 3 routes of travel to different destinations of the quail (the Peninsula and France, Siberia, etc ...)
this species is often associated with areas of countryside and crops with the typical image of the land of fields. But the environment in which I usually see these birds is in the green fields south of the Cantabrian Mountains. Sometimes I hear her singing over the 1500 meters.

Quail (Coturnix coturnix )

hunting high-value species in much of the peninsula on what I want to ask a question. There are many hunters who dare to say to shoot a quail is much more difficult to make a decent picture. I do not share that view because the quail hunting involves a great job by the dog and when I hit the shot the bird has taken flight, conditions in which to get a quality picture is complicated. Besides, a good photograph is not just about an approach to animal, but also must include a correct framing a particular light and action by the animal that gets to the photograph stand out. To shoot so close you do not need or have it all for light, and that the quail are singing to give some action. I'm not saying that killing a quail does not have merit but do not say that it is harder to make a good photograph.
The song of the quail is unmistakable. In the beginning with a sort of meowing when it seems to scratch the throat to go with the 3 syllables we all know which emit sound stretching and shrinking neck. Males dispute fights using his legs in the mating season. It is a polygamous species in which a male is reproduced with the greatest number of females that can turn and females mate with several males. Then 2 photographs of singing quail.





When you look at these birds up close understands why it is so difficult to see them. Is that still remain a threat to their cryptic plumage that blends in perfectly between the lights and shadows of the grasses of the meadows Iberians. There inidividuos with darker throat and other clearly.
always associate the quail to a story he told me my father when I was a kid. They were mowing the land and found a nest of quail. This circle is left uncut so that you take forward to the quail chicks. Year after year there is always an experience for each of the dens zone species.

plumage of the quail
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Snake Necklace

The grass snake is a snake that I wanted to photograph for some time and finally frequenting an area conducive to the kind I could find copies of various ages. The grass snake (Natrix natrix ) is one snake named commonly "water" next to the viper snake. Yet it is the necklace which is more dependent on this environment. In the Iberian Peninsula shows a subspecies of this snake, Natrix natrix the sbsp astreptophora characterized by the absence of collar marking in adult and because the orange-red iris.

Youth Individual grass snake (Natrix natrix )

As you can see the juveniles of the grass snake have a very clear marking collar normally surrounded by all dark and generating a contrast very characteristic. The man in the photograph would have 1 cm in diameter and 20 cm in length.
As they grow the white collar is becoming less clear. These are species that feed on amphibians, fish, mammals ... but the fish is in the best highlights many of the fishermen's observations have snakes on the shore holding a trout while it jumps from one place to another trying to escape.

subadult specimen grass snake (Natrix natrix )

As can be seen in this sub-adult (70 cm approx.) Red iris is distinctive and has clear marks in the area of \u200b\u200bthe necklace. It is curious that the ability of these snakes to project the lateral muscles of his body as "wings" to facilitate swimming. Snakes are almost never bite the man, in the while I was with these snakes never opened his mouth with the intention of biting. His defense is done mainly in the dead, they emit a strong odor and unpleasant down the drain and spit and swelling to resemble a larger size. Another curiosity is that can make your head has triangular appearance to resemble a snake and so scare some predators.

subadult Natrix natrix

As many of you already know the snakes stick out their tongues to capture chemical stimuli in the environment. Arguably, the snake "smell" in the language.
also photographed an adult of about 1 m in length. I have seen professional literature on the peninsula there are few copies in excess of the meter, while in Europe we can find individuals of up to 2 meters. The day had been rainy and overcast until the sun rose, a condition that took advantage of numerous specimens of this species that I met that day to keep warm.

Adult grass snake (Natrix natrix )

The dorsal scales of the snakes of the genus Natrix are strongly keeled, ie have a very pronounced bulge as a keel also helps in swimming. The following image shows the character quite well.

Natrix natrix front

Finally end with something that usually say whenever I do a post about an animal of this kind. Guess who read the blog that you need not tell you but it never hurts. The snakes are beneficial and necessary animals on ecosystems (in this case water). Kept in line by animals like mice. Therefore request that does not involve the resource easy to kill one of these animals by the simple observation that is poisonous or because it disgusts me because that is no excuse. A snake will never attack unless that looks down, yet few species are considered to be "aggressive." The water snake is not poisonous or aggressive. Despite its size is completely harmless as the solution Choose not easy to crush the head and choose the smart solution. We're still finding species like smooth snakes, viper, a necklace, resolutions, lizards, ... dead man's hand and without any reason and is quite sad because it often involves ignorance of what surrounds us and makes one wonder. I conclude with a collar adult photography. A greeting and I hope you liked the entry.

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Discretion

Spring is at its peak point in the Cantabrian Mountains. The songs of birds make every dawn is anything but silent. Feed their chickens and animals take out their litters a year. However, there are animals that are not as flashy as the above but also develop their reporductora time now. They are animals that we have to seek lifting stones, or simply arming themselves with patience and spending hours in the field. Discrete animals that can go unnoticed for the majority.
I'll start talking about an animal exceptionally discreet. It is the European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus ), an animal whose habit almost exclusively crepuscular sighting for most is a ball of spikes across the road or for the more fortunate in his garden feeding. I've always been attracted much attention this animal since a female small fields in the garden of a family with their young feeding on slugs and earthworms. At last I could photograph to daylight and reflecting some features of the peculiar anatomy of this animal.

European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus )

As you all know this animal when threatened is rolled into a ball that is impenetrable to many animals and allows you to protect yourself from predators. This means that you have included in such as: "The fox knows many things. The hedgehog just one but important," hinting that it is often better to know something very useful to know a lot of useless.
barbed coverage of this animal is keratinized and are very resistant and can withstand a single spike the full weight of the animal. A curious behavior is to strengthen the protection of the bones smearing the saliva back to normal after biting the skin of a toad toxins. This behavior is called anointing. Leaving
mammals to focus now on the herpetofauna, so abundant at this time. However there are reptiles such as the solution that have adapted to wet areas with tall grasses and crepuscular have so often shelter under rocks during the hours of maximum insolation. Is curious because it is a "legless lizard." Just blink to see them realizing it. Here is a picture of the glass snake is called in some regions by the ability to detach from the back of your body than for glassy shine that it presents.

solution (Anguis fragilis )

We will continue talking about other reptiles also spent a few hours of the day sheltering under rocks or logs. In this season I have located so far viper snake specimens and European smooth snake. The first them great imitator of snakes on the defensive for whose conduct is called. The second is a great hunter of lizards and agile movements. The position of the scales means that you have been given the name of smooth snake. It differs from the smooth snake in southern Europe than in the mask reaches the nostril and belly is uniform while in the south does not reach the nostril and belly is checkered.

Youth viper snake (Natrix maura )

European smooth snake (Coronella Austrian )

Detail of the head of the smooth

This season I also met one of the objectives of this year, shooting adult natterjack toad in the Cantabrian Mountains. Last year many juveniles tracked down next to a pond was dry at that time because the summer was well advanced and this year's visit was bound to take place in spring. The day was hot so it is normal that the toads were not in the open and would have to lift a stone. About 20 adult natterjack toad total heat took refuge in the rocks adjoining the lake and I could photograph people of different ages. The name of the runner is awarded as well unlike the common toad, these frogs tend to move rather than running clumsy jumping.

Natterjack Toad (Bufo calamita ) adult

Juvenile natterjack toad with white belly

Another goal is to have photographed all the amphibians in the province of León. The newt was missing but thanks to the advice of a friend I could carry it out. The truth is that I had said it was a pretty big animal and did not fail to expectations. A curiosity of this animal is that it has orange markings on the back that matches the end of the ribs and when it feels threatened the projects to these areas making it more difficult to swallow. Here is a picture this animal CONUN somewhat primitive air.

Newt (Pleurodeles waltl )

At other times the animals develop their lives to normal activity at any time, what happens is that they do so in environments that are "outside." I speak for example of performative insects that live in lakes and ponds of the Cantabrian mountain. In order to determine specific details only need to lower the point of view and to catch up. The great diver
beetle (Dytiscus marginalis ) is an important predator in lake ecosystems. It eats small amphibians, fish, insect larvae, etc ... To breathe it does is place the back of your body in contact with the surface through hydrophobic hairs on the elytra has a reservoir of air to breathe underwater. As you can see is the last pair of legs flattened and modified silks to facilitate swimming. Their larvae are also voracious.

Macho high diving beetle (Dytiscus marginalis )

We can deduce that is a male because it has the elytra smooth and the front legs have a structure to grasp the female during reproduction. Other aquatic insect
curious is the garapito ( Notonecta sp.). This animal belongs the order Hemiptera (bugs) is unusual to develop most of their lives swimming on your back with the back towards the bottom of the pond. Also called rowers that the synchronous movement of its legs to swim reminds paddlers a canoe. Breathe using the same technique as Dytiscus and photography can appreciate the brilliance of any air bubbles that leads attached to his body.

Garapito ( Notonecta sp.)

Finally I'll hang a picture of what the forest looks these days Cantabrian spring. The ferns begin to unwind their acinar and green leaves cover the forest canopy.

acinar a fern leaves


Forest Biscay in spring
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