The Matança Season
Years ago, the matança was an all important event in the calendar of the Mallorcan country folk. Sometime between November and January, the escorxador was booked to help with the […]
The Palma Rooster Show
Thousands of chickens, cockerels, roosters, capons, turkeys, pigeons and the like were exhibited in Palma over the last three days in an international show of feathered animals of 150 different […]
The Bee’s Knees
Honey is one of the great quality products of Mallorca, together with local wines, olive oils or cheeses from the island. One estimates that there are some 500 beekeepers on […]
The Red Palm Weevil
The Red Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) is called the Picudo rojo in Castellano. Whatever you call this little beetle, its larvae is a menace, causing harm to a large number […]
Stilts and Other Waders
The black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is a long-legged wader that is commonly found in Mallorca. This Cigüeñuela Común is at home for instance in the salt marshes of Es Trenc, or in the wetlands […]
The Spanish Wild Boar
Even though I took the photo of this friendly fellow here in Mallorca, I must tell you that there are no real Wild Boars (Sus scrofa) on the island, or Jabalís, as they […]
Barn Owls and Other Falconry
A friendly Bubo bubo eagle owl greeted me the other day, surrounded by his mates, a barn owl and a common owl. There were other birds of prey, such as […]
The Mallorcan Shepherd Dog
The Ca de Bestiar or Mallorcan Shepherd Dog is often mistaken for a Black Labrador or a Labrador mix, but is in fact a pure breed dog. The Ca de Bestiar […]
The Cabra Mallorquina
The Cabra Mallorquina is a semi-wild goat that roams freely in the mountainous regions of the island, mainly in the Serra de Tramuntana, the Serra de Llevant (near Artà), and the […]
Homing Pigeons
You may already know that in Spain there are quite a number of keen followers of the hobby of long distance racing with homing pigeons. A surprisingly large number of afficionados to […]
Six Young Toros Came to Felanitx
These six young bulls were branded with their respective numbers, no. 100, 101, 109, 110, 111 and 115 (one of the bulls is just outside of my frame, in case […]
Parque Natural de Mondragó
I found this fish eating bird at close range at the coast of the Parque Natural de Mondragó, not far from Santanyí, in the South East of Mallorca. The Nature Reserve […]
Ants At Work
In life, one often tends to overlook the little things and yet, they are of the utmost importance, generally speaking. Ants, for instance. Ants are indispensable for our ecosystems. I do not know how […]
A Frog Prince
You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your handsome prince. A lot of frogs were around the other day making a lot of noise, but none […]
Honky Tonk Donkeys
The donkey (Equus asinus asinus) is in a way the animal that the Catalonians like to represent themselves with, as opposed to the Osborne toro (bull). Mallorca is not really part of […]
Coliseo Balear
Bullfighting is more of a Spanish affair, rather than a Mallorcan one. Thus, there remain only five active arenas in Mallorca for bullfights, with less than a dozen bullfights per […]
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