Tag: boa-vista
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Day 3 – Five Star Wader
Today I went down to some wader habitat at the south of the island near the Riu Touraeg hotel. The area at Lacacao has a decent track record for shorebirds over the years, and is well known for a Willet turning up this spring. Willet is one of the few American waders to have been…
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Boa Vista – Day One
Cape Verde Sparrow (female) We arrived on Friday afternoon. If we’d come without luggage we could have walked round to the hotel. I had a mooch around the grounds and saw Spanish Sparrows (also conspicuous at the airport), Cape Verde Sparrows and Spectacled Warblers (and Collared Doves). A gentle introduction. Spectacled Warbler (female) Before breakfast…
Natural Selection 