Short news for two interesting records for Madeira on October 26, 2010:

Lugar de Baixo at 9am a juvenile Gadwall Anas strepera was seen.

Later at 7pm a drake Gadwall was seen at Ribeira Brava river mouth.

As an extra note a Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus was seen in the same morning at Lugar de Baixo, in this case the 1st record for Madeira.

Another first record for Madeira - Pacific Golden Plover

Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva

Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva

Once again Nature was stronger and overcame the loss of habitat in Lugar de Baixo pond in Ponta do Sol, Madeira. Today we could observe 4 chicks of Coot Fulica atra being fed by 2 adults!

On the 20th December 2009 along the Lido promenade in Funchal Catarina & Hugo, from Madeira Wind Birds recorded what is called a LBJ, i.e. a Little Brown Job which turned out to be, most probably, a Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis. We asked for some help on the identification of the bird to some world experienced birdwatchers and we got 2 answers for the same species: a juvenile female Dark-eyed Junco or an adult female Slate-colored Junco which is a subspecies of the Dark-eyed most widespread in eastern North America.

After two successful expeditions with Hadoram Shirihai to find and photograph Zino's Petrel at sea Madeira Wind Birds will start to operate its Zino's Petrel Pelagic Expedition in May 2010!