Un bec fet per engolir / A beak made for devouring

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La massa de voltors, una cinquantena, es llencen sobre la carnassa del canyet, a Alinyà. Sovint no es veu res, una massa de plomes marrons barallant-se a cops. Però quan estan de cara, veus com son trocejats i engolits tots els trossos de carn. Lentament, l'activitat va acabant, i els voltors, abans de marxar, van repassant el terreny per menjar els trocets que han quedat.

Fixeu-vos que la seva llengua està adaptada a empassar tant de menjar com sigui possible en el mínim temps necessari. Però aquest el veig molt net com per que hagi menjat gran cosa, en aquesta ocasió...

Feia molts anys que volia anar a veure un aguait de voltors al Pirineu, sobretot des de que va sortir el d'Alinyà pel programa de TV3 "Tocats de l'Ala". Entre la pandemia i tot plegat he trigat fins al setembre de 2023 per a poder-hi anar. Al final he anat al mateix de Alinyà, per la relativa proximitat. Desgraciadament allà és més dificil veure el voltor negre, i els aufranys ja havien migrat cap al Àfrica. Per tant veuriem segur un munt de voltors comuns i teniem l'esperança de veure l'estrella del show, el trencalòs.

El programa de TV3 on surt Alinyà:

www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/tocats-de-lala/ocellots-i-ocell...

auberria.cat/botiga/ecoturisme/muntanya-alinya/menjant-am...

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltor_com%C3%BA

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The mass of griffon vultures, about fifty, throw themselves on the carcass of the cane, in Alinyà. Then you see how all the pieces of meat are chopped up and swallowed in a frenzy. Finally, when all is over, like now, they stay for a while, picking the smaller bits that had been left among the grass.

This one looks quite clean to have fested much in this occasion.... Anyway you could see their special grooved tongue. Vultures use their grooved tongue to push down as much food into the crop as possible in the given amount of time.

For many years I wanted to go and see a vulture hide in the Pyrenees, especially since the one in Alinyà came out on the TV3 birding program "Tocats de l'Ala". Between the pandemic and other issues, it took me until September 2023 to be able to go there. In the end I went to the same one in Alinyà, due to its relative proximity. Unfortunately, it is more difficult to see the black vulture there, and the Egyptian vulture had already migrated to Africa. So we're sure to see a lot of griffon vultures and we're hoping to see the star of the show, the bearded vulture.

The TV3 program showing this place, a few years ago (in Catalan):

www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/tocats-de-lala/ocellots-i-ocell...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_griffon_vulture

Taken in: Spain / Catalonia / Fígols i Alinyà (show map)

Taken on: September 9, 2023

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