Thursday 24th May (Golden Order for the Booted Eagle)

Mr. Kite looked out of The Joint window into a blue sky over the Cabaneros park. Four azure-winged magpies screeched past the window and in the background a wood pigeon cooed quietly. This is a great place except for the scops owl that bleeps all night.

After breakfast Mr. Kite and His Lady went shopping in Horcajo de Les Montes passing the white stork that were nesting on the rickety church tower. Mr. Kite stopped to pick up a large black and white feather; probably from the white stork.

At midday Mr. Kite cycled down the CM-4106 towards Alcoba. Mr. Kite stopped to identify and watch an eagle. Circling this buzzards sized eagle was a booted eagle looking for food. As it circled another much larger eagle dropped onto it and flung it to one side causing it to leave the vicinity. This large eagle then sat on the ground probably picking up the food the booted eagle had his eyes on. The eagle then flew to the rocks showing golden feathers on hit's back and wings. The bird gained height and then dropped into a rocky part on a mountain. So the booted eagle had had the order of the golden eagle.

Now Mr. Kite continued his ride along the road stopping to watch golden orioles, crag matins, red-rumped swallows, woodchat shrikes and some red deer. Two griffin vultures flew overhead and a short-toed eagle searched in vain for a reptile.

In the late afternoon Mr. Kite returned to The Joint for a tipple of Das Schwarze. Cheers to that booted eagle with the golden order.