This is a photo of the mountains around the Portelet pass, near the Spanish-French border.
Still 1 November 2014 in Aragon, after the earlier wallcreeper and other birds.
We are going higher and higher in the Pyrenees mountains.
A pied wagtail on a roof in Escarrilla village.
We get at our highest point, almost 2000 meter, near the French border.
A few small trees just surviving in favourable spots. All other vegetation is much smaller. Like this lichen.
Near the Portelet pass, yellow-billed choughs, common chougs, and two ravens flying together. The choughs tried to drive a raven away.
On a rock, a northern wheatear.
On another rock, near a lakelet, a yellowhammer.
Two Pyrenees chamois walking on a mountain meadow. We now know it is a different species than the Alpine chamois.
We go back, following the Rio Gallego river downwards.
As we went back, two sparrowhawks circling. Lots of mallards in a lake.
Red kites flying.
On the river banks, two dippers. Every now and then, they dive.
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