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Sunday, 16 October 2011

Easterlies!


Glossy Ibis (presumed) flew in this evening


Purple Martin still around


Atlantic Canaries


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A fairly quiet day on Corvo as winds persist from the north east. 3 Spoonbills arrived on Soa Miguel and a Glossy Ibis here so perhaps we should expect more arrivals from the continent. The Purple Martin is still present, a Buff-bellied Pipit still at the reservoir and a Red-eyed Vireo was in De Ponte.

The Fea's type Petrel is still offshore and an adult Pomarine Skua is also around.
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2 comments:

  1. Bomber16 October 2011 at 21:21

    The butterfly is Long-tailed Blue.
    The moth is one of the Plusias for sure. The closest species I know which it looks like is Slender Burnished Brass but I suspect it's a species not even on my radar. No doubt closely related though. Island form?
    Cheers

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  2. Peter Alfrey16 October 2011 at 23:43

    Just googled both of them and Long-taileds are regular here and so is Slender Burnished Brass. Only 150 species of moths and butterflies recorded for the Azores apparantely.

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