2023-07-14 18:23:29
Published on July 14, 2023 at 8:23 p.m. Modified on July 14, 2023 at 8:25 p.m.
The group of visitors approach the shore at the western end of Préverenges beach, their binoculars trained on the birds resting on the water and the rocks emerging. “Let’s see if you are good observers, asks Lionel Maumary, ornithologist and guide at Île aux Oiseaux on this June afternoon. Do you see the coot wearing a strange ornament?” Eurasian coots, very good divers, are indeed busy in the small bay created by the dyke.
“Found!” exclaims a young woman. This one is wearing a necklace!” The registration number on the object, 1M9, indicates that this animal comes from Spain, from the region of Seville, where it was ringed in January. Behind him, a pair of great crested grebes proudly displaying their flamboyant orange crests begin a dance on the water, the choreography of the courtship display. Cormorants spread their wings in the sun to dry them after the fishing trip. “Every day, you can observe nearly 500 birds on the island,” says the ornithologist. They understood that it was for them.
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