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Ray Wilson
Bird & Wildlife Photography
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Blue Rock Thrush
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Monticola solitarius
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Male - Monfrague, Spain - May 2005
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| The male of this southern European and Asian species is unmistakable and can often be seen singing from prominent rocky perches in the spring. |
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Female - Monfrague, Spain - May 2005
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| Blue Rock Thrushes have quite a varied diet, including fruit, insects, worms, snails, small mammals, lizards, snakes and occassionally frogs and toads. This female had caught a young Ocellated Lizard (Timon lepidus) and was carrying it to her nest to feed her chicks. |
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