Wednesday, 4th June 2025, 9:19 a.m.
Lagoa das Furnas, Povoação, Açores, Portugal
Denis Verreault
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269 mins
10.5 km
5MallardAnas platyrhynchos
1Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
4Eurasian CootFulica atra
1Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
2Common TernSterna hirundo
1Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Common grebe in eastern Canada where I live. Surprising to spot one in Lagoa das furnas. Seen near the picnic area by Caldeira do vulcão das furnas.
1Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Seen near the picnic area by the caldeira do vulcão das furnas. First observed at 11AM. It flew away as I tried to get closer. Observed a second time at 1PM at the same location. Stunning observation. Lifer!
4Little EgretEgretta garzetta
3 seen together. One loner at a different location, but still on the edge of the lake.
2Common BuzzardButeo buteo
3Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
XEurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
XEuropean RobinErithacus rubecula
XHouse SparrowPasser domesticus
3Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
XAzores ChaffinchFringilla moreletti
2European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
XAtlantic CanarySerinus canaria