![]() In this section we will turn our attention to some of the special and rewarding “moments of discovery” we had on our trip. However, it was very entertaining see the many juvenile swans bobbing tails up, feeding, as well as the cute mallards swimming behind the adults. Other birds that fell into the category, of almost too numerous to count, were Mute Swans and Mallards. The same was true of Italian/House Sparrows who were ever present, particularly in the many street side cafes, looking for tidbits of food where they would literally eat out of the folks’ hands at the next I have already benefited from one correction on eBird.Įarly on in our adventure we got excited to see the diversity of color and markings in the flocks of Rock/Feral pigeons and started eBird’ing away only to quickly realize that they were almost everywhere we went in Milan, Amalfi, Annecy, and Geneva. This adventure with us you find any issues with my identifications, please let me know. Nancy Brown, Mark Andrews, Gina Sanders, Judy Morr, Bob Mercer, Jennifer Jerome, Ed Konrad and many more have taught us much and from whom we look forward to learning so much more. For whatever value and joy and laughs we can bring here, we are grateful to our many mentors. We looked at each other and said “why didn’t we bring the binoculars?!”Īs Shar and I compose this blog, to share our birding adventures, we must say we are truly intimidated knowing how many of you are birders par excellence. However, as Merlin kept finding beautiful songbirds that we saw flitting through the tree tops, we rarely got to see them clearly. We did just fine with most of the water, shore birds and the very domesticated pigeons, sparrows, etc. Unfortunately, neither of us thought to bring a pair of binoculars. Already overloaded with extra baggage full of goods for our friend Thelma, we only took my Nikon D7100 and a 400mm zoom lens and our iPhones. As we set off for our EuroĪdventure, our focus was on friends, great sightseeing and creating new memories, however we purposed to include our enjoyment of birding and photographer. The balance of my life, until meeting Shar and moving to Seabrook Island, has consisted of casual birding. I have a distinct memory, as a teenager, learning about a White-Breasted Nuthatch at school and shortly thereafter watching one climb backwards up a tree in my backyard and thought that was really cool. Shar has been a lifelong backyard birder and has a keen ear for bird calls. We are new members to the Seabrook Island Birders. Jean, Italy, and in addition visited Geneva, Annecy (France) Gruyere (Switzerland), and Milan. ![]() We also had the pleasure of staying with her in Gressoney St. This year we joined his wife Thelma and her good friend Elisa for a return to the Amalfi Coast, in memory of Thelma’s life with Dante. This summer’s trip, our first international excursion together was supposed to happen last year but with the untimely passing of our dear friend Dante, in Gressoney, we postponed a year. ![]()
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