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La palput en la montanya canta i diu la veritat: quan les cabres faran llana, les dònes faran bondat. I still remember the first time I saw a Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops, it must not have been 10 years old yet, it stopped in front of me. While keeping a safe distance, as it walked, it stuck its long beak into holes in the ground, looking for invertebrates such as earwigs, spiders, worms, crickets, caterpillars and others… I was amazed […]
On one of my excursions in the mountains, I found the ideal setting for a new photographic idea. In an old abandoned house among almond trees in the middle of the mountain, there lived a pair of barn owls Tyto alba. Right next to a window through which the owls could enter, there was a plum tree Prunus domestica, a deciduous tree native to the Caucasus, Anatolia and Persia, which the Romans introduced to Europe in the 2nd century AD. […]
Ascent of the Montcabrer peak on January 19th in the year of Our Lord 2025, a thousand years before the birth of King Alfonso VI of León and Castile, known as “the Brave” for his bravery in battles, also in that same year of 1025 was born Sancho Ramírez, king of Aragon who, during his reign, carried out the Reconquest of Zaragoza, establishing the foundations of the Kingdom of Aragon. The waning gibbous Moon will accompany us from the start […]
Pico de la Nieve in the Tous mountain range, on May 8th in the year of Our Lord 2010, the thirty-sixth year since the first episode of the series El Hombre y la Tierra was broadcast, and which also coincided with the year six hundred and ten since the Christian troops of King Henry IV of Castile reconquered the town of Estepona from the Muslims. The moon in its waning phase seeking conjunction in the following days with Mars and […]
Autumn transhumance route from Llosar to Salvasoria Autumn transhumance on October 19, 2024, the year seven hundred and fifty-two since King Alfonso X the Wise created the Honrado Concejo de la Mesta de pastores, which coincided these days with the passage of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) coming from the Oort Cloud, which accompanied us at dusk, after having wandered through space for more than 80,000 years. And so it is that every year, and since time immemorial, the end of […]
On a cloudy autumn morning, as the farmer arranges his farming implements, he hears a call in the sky that is unmistakable: grus, grus, grus… Without leaving the hut, he will smile and say to himself: “There go the cranes, the cold will soon arrive.”. The limping song emitted by cranes during their migratory journey is one of the most famous soundtracks of our nature. A sound so famous that it has even earned the species its scientific name: Grus […]
Rural Scenes: Collection of finalist photographs at the 69th “Ciutat de Xàtiva” Photography Exhibition 2024. Photograph by Jesús Calabuig, shepherd from Barxeta: 3rd prize in the 1st SOM RURALS photography competition. The shepherd from Barxeta, Jesús Calabuig, poses satisfied with his flock after the last rains, which at the end of summer, have made the fields green again. In the background, the Buixcarró and the town’s bell tower are witness to a rural scene that is becoming less and less […]
December 1st. Manjavacas Lagoon in Mota del Cuervo, Cuenca. As winter approaches, the cold begins to be felt throughout the Peninsula and especially in its most inland areas, as is the case of the place we are going to visit this weekend: Manjavacas Lagoon. The objective of this trip is none other than to try to photograph a very peculiar little bird, orange-brown, with a long tail, undulating flight and that moves through the reeds like a fish in water. […]
Castellonense artist Jose Mena takes “Pájaro de Otoño” on tour around Europe. Source of the news: castellonoticies.com Jose Mena Álvarez, a Castellonense talent in international expansion. The artist Jose Mena Álvarez continues to accumulate successes with his work Pájaro de otoño, now in full European tour. Recognized for the unique dry style that combines contemporary techniques and artistic expressions that explore nature and symbolism, Mena has managed to establish himself as a prominent figure in the artistic scene. His career […]
The Salticidae are a family of araneomorph spiders described by J. Blackwall in 1841. They are characterised by their ability to make great leaps (jumping spiders) and their good eyesight, one of the best among arthropods, abilities that they use to hunt or to move with great precision. With 636 genera and nearly 7,000 described species, approximately 13% of the total spider species, the Salticidae are the largest family. They live in a wide variety of habitats. Although most species […]
