diumenge, 4 de desembre del 2011

Summer in Mallorca 2011(200 words)

These summer i went to Mallorca, as usual, for visited my familiy.  Also as always, for watching brids... My objective but, was to see dolphins because I was tired to not see any. In 2008, in Gibraltar i had to do a boat trip for watched dolphins and orcas but the extrem wind don't permit. In 2009 a friend  watched one dolphin but i don't found in the sea.
This summer but, was different, while I stayed in a desert island with a friend searching eleonorae falcon, I watched that the sea was moving in one point near the cost.  I focused my  telescope and could see eight differents dolphins !!!! Was incredible. I was very excited. These exemplars were the specie Tursiops truncatus.
 Next day, I left from Mallorca about ship with my friend, to Barcelona. The trip lasted seven hours but was very exciting. When the ship was left to  Palma port we could see Phalacrocorax carbo and Calonectris diomedea a rares birds in Catalonia. I  was searching dolphins. Suddenly one dolphin  was jumping far to ship but disapeared.
I thought that would not see more dolphins but, one hour later while i was  boring in the seat, from the windows could see a group to delphins next to ship. I was running with my friend at left ship and were watching very well.
 We waited a moment and another group of dolphins, suddenly, appeared very close and babies! was incredible!!
When arrived in Barcelona I had seen more than forty dolphins of two species: Tursiops truncatus and Stenella coeruleoalba.

Landscapes to Manlleu: ''La Devesa''(200 words)

''La Devesa'' it's a forest situated in left-river. In the past,  many people of Manlleu went to take wood for burn in their homes. Also did  parties where the people sang and danced.
Now this place is private and a man doesn't let pass.
I'm a fanatic birdwatching and ''La Devesa'' is very important as a refuge birds. In  winter, Montse Vilaregut and I have spent many hours reading rings to Phalacrocorax carbo. We have reading twelve diferents exemplars in two years and we've control these exemplars many times. Sometimes one exemplar has been saw during all winter.
 Also this place it's important because has a very important ''joca''.  In English, ''joca'' it's a group of trees that birds use in winter for sleeping. In Manlleu four species do use. The most important it's Casmerodius albus, a white bird that was detect in Osona since 2007 and i think that in Manlleu there are one of the most importants population in winter, in center Catalonia.
It's possible that in the future a road affected this area and destroyed this  very important natural heritage.
While, yesterday I went in ''La Devesa'' and I could see one hundred Phalacrocorax carbo, fifty Bubulcus ibis and seven Casmerodius albus(maxim is thirteen). Also two pelegrin falcon and many normal ducks.
The nature there is very wild and is ten minutes from home. It's perfect!