Wednesday, 25th June 2025, 11:58 a.m.
Parque Terra Nostra, Povoação, Açores, Portugal
Tim Healy
A bit of balcony birding. Largely cloudy with occasionally patches of sunny skies, fairly mild temperatures
14 | Feral PigeonColumba livia (Feral Pigeon) Several seen courting and gathering twigs |
5 | Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto |
1 | Common Buzzard (Azores)Buteo buteo rothschildi Circling high overhead late in the observation period |
2 | Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla Active and vocal as they moved through the trees |
3 | Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris |
2 | Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Pair seen patrolling the lawn and shrubberies |
18 | House SparrowPasser domesticus |
1 | Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea Calling flyby |
1 | Azores ChaffinchFringilla moreletti Heard singing throughout the observation period, briefly seen flitting about in the trees at times |
2 | Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria Pair briefly visited the trees across from my balcony, foraging in the outer branches before continuing on |