One of the members of our Classical Music Appreciation Group, Maureen, suggested recently that it would be nice if we were all to visit a Finca she knows in the mountains above Crevillente from where it is possible to view nesting eagles. Maureen said it is best to view them in April when the eggs are hatched but as she will be back in England by then it would be OK to go now.
Maureen wanted to show us the way as it is quite difficult to find the finca and one could easily get lost.
Once again the day dawned bright and clear and sharing three cars we drove off into the mountains. Our hostess was preparing lunch for 1:00pm and we arrived by 12:15pm so we were able to take a good look at the nest whilst waiting.
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The birds are Bonelli’s Eagles with a wing span of over 1.5 metres. They can be found in southern Europe and North Africa.
Library picture(I'm not that lucky!!)
The following photographs record the rest of our visit quite well.
After our delicious lunch (compliments to the chef, Jane) we again saw an eagle soaring above its nest so I quickly prepared the camera and again was lucky as I was able to capture a picture as it landed on the nest. We were about 1km from the cliffs so the close-up pictures are suitably pixelated.
Jane and Colin welcome visitors to their finca and their details may be viewed here www.fincabonelliseagle.es.
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