Spectacled warbler (Sylvia conspicillata)

Enfores de la Vignolle, Camargue, France. May 8, 2021

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Thibaud Aronson

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Yesterday was eBird's Global Big Day, where birders all around the world are encouraged to go out and look for birds! So I spent the day in the coastal wetlands of southern France, and even though I missed out on a couple rare shorebirds (always hard without a scope), I found some lovely Spectacled warblers in the scrubby salt flats, a new species for me! Posted 4 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
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  Congrats! Didn't even know you were back in Europe! Posted 4 years ago
2. 1. Thibaud Aronson
    
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    Haha yeah I came back at the end of January, just before Peru went into lockdown again. But with the restrictions in France, I haven't been able to go out much until this month. Posted 4 years ago

Wesley Goorachan

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Amazing! Posted 4 years ago
1. Thibaud Aronson
  
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  Thanks Wesley! Posted 4 years ago

The Spectacled warbler

The spectacled warbler is a species in the typical warbler genus, ''Curruca''. The specific ''conspicillata'' is from Latin ''conspicillum'', a place to look from, equivalent to "spectacled". These small passerine birds are found in dry open country with bushes. 3-6 eggs are laid in a nest in a bush. Like their relatives, the spectacled warbler is insectivorous.

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Similar species: Perching Birds

Species identified by Thibaud Aronson

By Thibaud Aronson

Uploaded May 9, 2021. Captured May 8, 2021 04:54 in Route du Fangassier, 13460 Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France.

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Canon EOS 7D Mark II
f/13.0
1/500s
ISO1000
560mm