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Ordesa Valley with Monte Perdido looming in the background
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Rio Arazas in the Ordesa Valley
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Mondoto (on left) and Anisclo Canyon
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view on the hike down into Anisclo Canyon
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Rio Arazas in the Ordesa Valley
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Beech Trees
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Escuain Valley
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Lammergeier, also known as the Bearded Vulture, is almost as large as the Condor, with a wingspan over 9 feet and weighing up to 17 pounds.
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Lammergeier - is legendary for eating bones, which it can digest in 24 hours with stomach acid having a pH of 1
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Scanning for Lammergeiers in Escuain Valley, Ordesa National Park
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Black Redstart
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Eurasian Griffon Vultures
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Red Kite
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The Village of Gistain (pop. 141) is close to the French border, high in the mountains, where the Aragonese language is spoken
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This is the old medieval section of Ainsa, dating back to 1200. The modern section of Ainsa is the "big city" in the area, with a population of 2100.
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We hiked through a number of very old and small villages during our week in the Spanish Pyrenees. This is Yeba, a long abandoned village that is now being restored. Villages like this and ruins are found throughout the Pyrenees.
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Wall Brown
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Grey Wagtail
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White-throated Dipper
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Herd of Pyrenean Chamoix
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Pair of Pyrenean Chamoix high in the mountains above Pineta Valley
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Pair of Pyrenean Chamoix contemplating the beauty of Pineta Valley at 9,500 feet
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There were some fascinating limestone crags on top of the ridge overlooking Pineta Valley in the Spanish Pyrenees
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Chamoix on the limestone crags - they are as agile and nimble as the mountain goats seen in the western US
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Limestone outcroppings on the ridge peering down into Pineta Valley
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Pyrenean Chamoix
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Monte Perdido
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Monte Perdido looming over Pineta Valley
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Monte Perdido and Cascadas del Cinco
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Looking back at Pineta Valley from just below Cinco Waterfall
