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What works refer to the animals of Extremadura?
What works refer to the animals of Extremadura?
The varied orography composed of mountains and plains, reservoirs and banks, with extensive areas of natural vegetation, pastures, wetlands and rocks, allow the best habitat for an abundant and varied fauna, which has been reflected in the works of some authors.
Bird migration
Bird migration
When the long and warm summer of Extremadura approaches its end, one of the most interesting and fascinating moments of the ornithological calendar also arrives: migration. Millions of birds cross the skies of Extremadura in the coming months, gaining energy in our territory before their trip to Africa, mainly. Also, many other specimens stay among us to accompany us in the winter. And then, when next spring comes, the transit and return of millions of these tireless travelers happens.
Mario Lourtau, one of the authors of which we have spoken recently, in his work "La Mirada del Condor" dedicates a poem, called "Paso migratorio", to the migration of birds in Extremadura. In it, the author praises the birds for this arduous journey of thousands of kilometers, how they manage to reach their destination by enduring the tiredness they seem to hide. They are an example that being united makes us stronger.
Garza imperial
Grulla común
Cigüeña blanca
Iberian lynx
Iberian lynx
The Iberian lynx is a species of carnivorous mammal, endemic to the Iberian Peninsula, known internationally for its recovery after having been critically endangered at the beginning of the 21st century.
In 2002 only ninety-four individuals could be counted, of which fifty-eight adults and barely twenty-seven females in reproductive situation, distributed in two populations, in Andalusia, isolated from each other. After numerous conservation and recovery efforts, a little over three hundred individuals were estimated in 2013, making it the most endangered feline species in the world. In 2018 it was estimated a population of 686 specimens in freedom distributed mainly by Andalusia (in the parks of Doñana, Sierra de Andújar, Sierra de Cardeña y Montoro and Sierra de Cazorla), in Castilla-La Mancha (in the Montes de Toledo), Extremadura and Portugal (natural park of the Guadiana Valley).
Source: Wikipedia
Mario Lourtau in one of his works, "La Mirada del Condor", dedicates a poem to the Iberian lynx. Called "Lince ibérico", it talks about how the lynx in the dark night uses their stealth skills to capture their prey with their powerful claws. It also tells us about the aroma of the Extremadura vegetation, the rockrose, the pines, the dry brambles, etc.
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