We made it to day two, and I have continued my theme of jays! This is the Eurasian Jay, Garrulus glandarius, found throughout Europe, into the Middle East, in scattered mountainous regions all across Asia and throughout Japan, eastern China and into Vietnam. With such a wide geographic distribution it's not surprising that there is some geographic variation. I've painted the subspecies from southern Spain, ssp. fasciatus, which we saw in Granada. The inset of the head is subspecies anatoliae, from western Turkey, which we saw in Istanbul. It is part of a larger group of black-capped Eurasian Jays.

Jorge's Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, has made a successful catch of a large rodent, which it is now picking apart for lunch. This raptor is another resident of Horsebarn Hill, often seen perched in trees adjacent to the marshes and fields.