Devorar, devorar! / Hunger frenzy
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
La massa de voltors, una cinquantena, es llencen sobre la carnassa del canyet, a Alinyà. Sovint no es veu res, una massa de plomes marrons barallant-se a cops. Però quan estan de cara, veus com son trocejats i engolits tots els trossos de carn, inclonet conills sencers (tot és bestiar mort de granges o escorxadors, no patiu). De fet, els conills quasibé semblen explotar, sota la munió de becs que els desmembren.
Feia molts anys que volia anar a veure un aguait de voltors al Pirineu, sobretot des de que va sortir el d'Alinyà pel programa de TV3 "Tocats de l'Ala". Entre la pandemia i tot plegat he trigat fins al setembre de 2023 per a poder-hi anar. Al final he anat al mateix de Alinyà, per la relativa proximitat. Desgraciadament allà és més dificil veure el voltor negre, i els aufranys ja havien migrat cap al Àfrica. Per tant veuriem segur un munt de voltors comuns i teniem l'esperança de veure l'estrella del show, el trencalòs.
El programa de TV3 on surt Alinyà:
www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/tocats-de-lala/ocellots-i-ocell...
auberria.cat/botiga/ecoturisme/muntanya-alinya/menjant-am...
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltor_com%C3%BA
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The mass of griffon vultures, about fifty, throw themselves on the carcass of the cane, in Alinyà. Often nothing is visible, a mass of brown feathered bodies thrashing about. But when they face you, you see how all the pieces of meat are chopped up and swallowed in a frenzy, including whole rabbits (it's all dead cattle from farms or slaughterhouses, don't suffer). In fact, the rabbits almost seem to explode, under the barrage of beaks that dismember them.
For many years I wanted to go and see a vulture hide in the Pyrenees, especially since the one in Alinyà came out on the TV3 birding program "Tocats de l'Ala". Between the pandemic and other issues, it took me until September 2023 to be able to go there. In the end I went to the same one in Alinyà, due to its relative proximity. Unfortunately, it is more difficult to see the black vulture there, and the Egyptian vulture had already migrated to Africa. So we're sure to see a lot of griffon vultures and we're hoping to see the star of the show, the bearded vulture.
The TV3 program showing this place, a few years ago (in Catalan):
www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/tocats-de-lala/ocellots-i-ocell...
Devorar, devorar! / Hunger frenzy
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
La massa de voltors, una cinquantena, es llencen sobre la carnassa del canyet, a Alinyà. Sovint no es veu res, una massa de plomes marrons barallant-se a cops. Però quan estan de cara, veus com son trocejats i engolits tots els trossos de carn, inclonet conills sencers (tot és bestiar mort de granges o escorxadors, no patiu). De fet, els conills quasibé semblen explotar, sota la munió de becs que els desmembren.
Feia molts anys que volia anar a veure un aguait de voltors al Pirineu, sobretot des de que va sortir el d'Alinyà pel programa de TV3 "Tocats de l'Ala". Entre la pandemia i tot plegat he trigat fins al setembre de 2023 per a poder-hi anar. Al final he anat al mateix de Alinyà, per la relativa proximitat. Desgraciadament allà és més dificil veure el voltor negre, i els aufranys ja havien migrat cap al Àfrica. Per tant veuriem segur un munt de voltors comuns i teniem l'esperança de veure l'estrella del show, el trencalòs.
El programa de TV3 on surt Alinyà:
www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/tocats-de-lala/ocellots-i-ocell...
auberria.cat/botiga/ecoturisme/muntanya-alinya/menjant-am...
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltor_com%C3%BA
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The mass of griffon vultures, about fifty, throw themselves on the carcass of the cane, in Alinyà. Often nothing is visible, a mass of brown feathered bodies thrashing about. But when they face you, you see how all the pieces of meat are chopped up and swallowed in a frenzy, including whole rabbits (it's all dead cattle from farms or slaughterhouses, don't suffer). In fact, the rabbits almost seem to explode, under the barrage of beaks that dismember them.
For many years I wanted to go and see a vulture hide in the Pyrenees, especially since the one in Alinyà came out on the TV3 birding program "Tocats de l'Ala". Between the pandemic and other issues, it took me until September 2023 to be able to go there. In the end I went to the same one in Alinyà, due to its relative proximity. Unfortunately, it is more difficult to see the black vulture there, and the Egyptian vulture had already migrated to Africa. So we're sure to see a lot of griffon vultures and we're hoping to see the star of the show, the bearded vulture.
The TV3 program showing this place, a few years ago (in Catalan):
www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/tocats-de-lala/ocellots-i-ocell...