Isabelline Wheatear
Oenanthe isabellina
juvenile - Bratzigovo, Bulgaria - June 2007
Isabelline Wheatear is a central Asian species whose extreme western limit only just reaches into Europe in Bulgaria and north-eastern Greece.
adult outside nest hole - Tazha, Bulgaria - June 2007
They use the abandoned burrows of ground-dwelling rodents, such as Sousliks, for their nests.
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Tazha, Bulgaria - June 2007
Open water is rare in their prefered habitat of dry, steppe grasslands, but they take advantage of it for a bath and a drink when it is available. The bird below was distracted from its post-bath preen by a hoverfly flying by...
watching a hoverfly - Bratzigovo, Bulgaria - June 2007
Lesvos, Greece - May 2006
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