Tricolored Heron again at Tenerife

Octavio Infante informs us that the now famous Tricolored Heron from Tenerife has been relocated on 15.5.2008, now at Los Cristianos harbour, S Tenerife.

There is a map of the area, and a couple of photos in our fellow blog Canary Islands Bird News here.

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