EIGHT CITIES AND BIRDS SEEN IN THEM IN 2018
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European Trip 2018


TORONTO 2018


European Starling    6/11/2018    Toronto    Just at the airport. He was flying around planes on the ground while I was drinking a very good local IPA.

BARCELONA 2018

Eurasian Blackbird    6/8/2018    Barcelona    at the airport
Generic Heron    6/8/2018    Barcelona    at the airport
Rock Dove    6/8/2018    Barcelona    at the airport
Red-rumped Swallow    6/8/2018    Barcelona    at the airport
Rock Dove    6/7/2018    Barcelona   
European Starling    6/7/2018    Barcelona    By the statue of Columbus pointing triumphantly towards India as he cries, "Go west, young man, to India as I did!"
Herring Gull    6/7/2018    Barcelona   
Monk Parakeet    6/7/2018    Barcelona   
House Sparrow    6/7/2018    Barcelona   
Turkey Vulture    6/7/2018    Sun Lakes   
House Sparrow    6/6/2018    Barcelona   
Rock Dove    6/6/2018    Barcelona    flying high
Eurasian Sparrowhawk    6/6/2018    Barcelona    Flying high. An accipiter.
Herring Gull    6/6/2018    Barcelona   
Red-rumped Swallow    6/6/2018    Barcelona   
Rock Dove    6/5/2018    Barcelona   
Monk Parakeet    6/5/2018    Barcelona   
House Sparrow    6/5/2018    Barcelona   
Herring Gull    6/5/2018    Barcelona   
Rock Dove    6/4/2018    Barcelona   
Monk Parakeet    6/4/2018    Barcelona   
Eurasian Magpie    6/4/2018    Barcelona   
Herring Gull    6/4/2018    Barcelona   
Eurasian Blackbird    6/4/2018    Barcelona    More than once have I heard what sounded like an American Robin here and elsewhere and I assume it was the blackbird
Generic Bird    6/4/2018    Barcelona    I have a note here that one was hopping around and I couldn't ID it.
Monk Parakeet    6/3/2018    Barcelona   
Herring Gull    6/3/2018    Barcelona   
Rock Dove    6/3/2018    Barcelona   
Barn Swallow    6/3/2018    Barcelona   
Generic Heron    6/3/2018    Generic Place Anywhere    White egret thing in the distance when I took the train. On the Train to Tarragona
Great Black-backed Gull    6/3/2018    Generic Place Anywhere    On the Train to Tarragona


TARRAGONA 2018

Rock Dove    6/3/2018    Generic Place Anywhere    On the Train to Tarragona
Herring Gull    6/3/2018    Tarragona Spain   
Barn Swallow    6/3/2018    Tarragona Spain   
Eurasian Collared Dove    6/3/2018    Tarragona Spain   
Rock Dove    6/3/2018    Tarragona Spain   
House Sparrow    6/3/2018    Tarragona Spain

MADRID 2018
   
House Sparrow    6/2/2018    Madrid   
Eurasian Blackbird    6/2/2018    Madrid   
Red-rumped Swallow    6/2/2018    Madrid    Big screeching
Common Wood Pigeon    6/2/2018    Madrid   
Rock Dove    6/2/2018    Madrid   
House Sparrow    6/1/2018    Madrid   
Rock Dove    6/1/2018    Madrid   
Eurasian Blackbird    6/1/2018    Madrid   
House Sparrow    5/31/2018    Madrid   
Red-rumped Swallow    5/31/2018    Madrid   
Eurasian Magpie    5/31/2018    Madrid   
Rock Dove    5/31/2018    Madrid

LONDON 2018

Common Wood Pigeon    6/9/2018    London    Near Gatwich Airport
Herring Gull    6/9/2018    London    Near Gatwich Airport
Carrion Crow    6/9/2018    London    Near Gatwich Airport
European Starling    6/9/2018    London    Near Gatwich Airport
Herring Gull    6/9/2018    St. John's Newfoundland    Bold and on lawns
Mallard    6/9/2018    St. John's Newfoundland    In a pond. The one on the way walking to Holiday Inn for beer and pizza. More birds there later.
European Robin    5/30/2018    London   
Eurasian Blackbird    5/30/2018    London   
Rock Dove    5/30/2018    London
Carrion Crow    5/30/2018    London   
European Starling    5/30/2018    London   
Herring Gull    5/30/2018    London    
Hobby    5/28/2018    London    Hobby Falcon. Hyde Park in London.
Eurasian Coot    5/28/2018    London    Hyde Park in London
Common Wood Pigeon    5/28/2018    London    Hyde Park in London
Mallard    5/28/2018    London    Hyde Park in London
Great Tit    5/28/2018    London    Hyde Park in London
Canada Goose    5/28/2018    London    Hyde Park in London
Eurasian Magpie    5/28/2018    London    Hyde Park in London
Rock Dove    5/28/2018    London   
Carrion Crow    5/28/2018    London    Hyde Park in London and elsewhere
Common Moorhen    5/28/2018    London    Hyde Park in London. Darn; it's the same species as at home.
Ring-necked Parakeet    5/28/2018    London    Hyde Park in London
Egyptian Goose    5/28/2018    London    Hyde Park in London
Mute Swan    5/28/2018    London    Hyde Park in London
European Starling    5/28/2018    London    Hyde Park in London

ST. JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND 2018

Mallard    6/11/2018    St. John's Newfoundland   
Herring Gull    6/11/2018    St. John's Newfoundland   
Common Grackle    6/11/2018    St. John's Newfoundland    surprise on the shuttle van to the airport to fly all the way back to Arizona. It would be a long day.
American Crow    6/11/2018    St. John's Newfoundland   
American Robin    6/11/2018    St. John's Newfoundland    Bigger surprise from inside the van!
European Starling    6/11/2018    St. John's Newfoundland   
Northern Gannet    5/26/2018    St. John's Newfoundland   
Mallard    6/10/2018    St. John's Newfoundland    In that pond by the Holiday Inn
Herring Gull    6/10/2018    St. John's Newfoundland   
Arctic Tern    6/10/2018    St. John's Newfoundland    Flying and diving. Red beak and feet. Several of them. In that pond by the Holiday Inn
European Starling    6/10/2018    St. John's Newfoundland   
American Crow    6/10/2018    St. John's Newfoundland   
Black-capped Chickadee    6/10/2018    St. John's Newfoundland    Heard Only over by the graveyard. Big graveyard on my way to Signal Hill
Dark-eyed Junco    6/10/2018    St. John's Newfoundland    Over by the graveyard. Big graveyard on my way to Signal Hill
Yellow Warbler    6/10/2018    St. John's Newfoundland    Saw him. Heard him first. LOUD as usual. Over on the slopes of Signal Hill.
Tufted Duck    6/10/2018    St. John's Newfoundland    In that pond by the Holiday Inn. More than one. Note saddle shoe-white and black.
House Sparrow    6/10/2018    St. John's Newfoundland    It calls, "Sweet! Sweet!" instead of "Chaeeak! Chaeeak!" Starlings also sing differently here and in Europe than they do in Arizona. They squawk and sing long songs.
Herring Gull    5/26/2018    St. John's Newfoundland   
Black Guillemot    5/26/2018    St. John's Newfoundland   
Song Sparrow    5/25/2018    Halifax Nova Scotia   
Herring Gull    5/25/2018    Halifax Nova Scotia   
Herring Gull    5/25/2018    St. John's Newfoundland   
American Crow    5/25/2018    St. John's Newfoundland   
European Starling    5/25/2018    St. John's Newfoundland   
Rock Dove    5/25/2018    St. John's Newfoundland   


HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA 2018

European Starling    5/24/2018    Halifax Nova Scotia   
Great Black-backed Gull    5/24/2018    Halifax Nova Scotia   
Herring Gull    5/24/2018    Halifax Nova Scotia   
American Crow    5/24/2018    Halifax Nova Scotia   
Black Guillemot    5/24/2018    Halifax Nova Scotia    These were actually rather common.
Song Sparrow    5/24/2018    Halifax Nova Scotia    I heard him first on the Harbour Hopper Tour
Black-capped Chickadee    5/24/2018    Halifax Nova Scotia    Haven't had this one on the list for a while!
Rock Dove    5/24/2018    Halifax Nova Scotia
Fox Sparrow    5/23/2018    Halifax Nova Scotia    Life Lister. There were a few of them hopping around.
Great Black-backed Gull    5/23/2018    Halifax Nova Scotia    Biggest seagull in the world
American Crow    5/23/2018    Halifax Nova Scotia   
European Starling    5/23/2018    Halifax Nova Scotia   
Rock Dove    5/23/2018    Halifax Nova Scotia   
Herring Gull    5/23/2018    Halifax Nova Scotia   

BOSTON 2018

House Sparrow    5/23/2018    Boston   
European Starling    5/23/2018    Boston   
Common Grackle    5/23/2018    Boston   
Common Raven    5/23/2018    Boston   
Herring Gull    5/23/2018    Boston   
Rock Dove    5/23/2018    Boston   



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