Friday, 21st March 2025, 10:05 a.m.
PN Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina--Burgau, Vila do Bispo, Faro, Portugal
Bradley Waggoner
Yard birding - extending a bit to adjoining hillsides. Tough conditions - heavy clouds with a few rain showers, stiff sw winds 15-25+, and temperatures in the high 50’s/low 60’s.
| 1 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos |
| 3 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) |
| 30 | Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis |
| 1 | Northern GannetMorus bassanus |
| 2 | Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus Male (very distinctive patterned upper wing) and female (brownish with uniformly warm brown tail - no white rump patch ad in Hen Harrier) |
| 1 | Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus |
| 10 | Iberian MagpieCyanopica cooki |
| 1 | Great TitParus major |
| 1 | Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae Short bill |
| 5 | Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis |
| 1 | Barn SwallowHirundo rustica |
| 3 | Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala |
| 2 | Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor |
| 2 | Song ThrushTurdus philomelos |
| 3 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula |
| 1 | Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros |
| 4 | European StonechatSaxicola rubicola |
| 1 | Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis |
| 8 | European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis |