http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/walesnature/2009/04/rare_birds_caught_on_camera.html en-gb 30 Tue 29 Dec 2009 08:57:04 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/walesnature/2009/04/rare_birds_caught_on_camera.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/walesnature/2009/04/rare_birds_caught_on_camera.html?page=10#comment1 I have spent some time on La Palma recently and have a little query:La Palma is one of the smaller Canary Islands.One of the reasons La Palma is famous is for their population of "Grajas".It is claimed that the Grajas only exist on La Palma.However, watching Springwatch today, I noticed a remarkable likeness between Simon's Choughs in North Wales and the Grajas of La Palma.Below is a link to a picture of a Graja:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3595/3480699937_831c14f312.jpg The graja is certainly a type of crow and the name translates as "rook" in English but do you know if these are the same bird? Tue 09 Jun 2009 19:56:02 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/walesnature/2009/04/rare_birds_caught_on_camera.html?page=0#comment0 The first time we visited South Stack we spotted the choughsflying around the lighthouse bridge. We had to get our field guide, out as we were novices then.The next year we recognised their distinctive call from that of a jackdaw(easy for an expert maybe, but we were pleased as punch!)They moved freely around Elenors Tower,so close we could almost touch them! This is the first year in five we have been unable to get to the reserve so we contented ourselves with the RSPB webcam. Sat 06 Jun 2009 12:03:35 GMT+1