Birds of a Feather is back with our new blog, Birding and Bonding! Our previous objective remains the same. Our goal is to find all birds that live on Long Island year round. The only rule is that in order to add a bird to our list, we must see it when we are together. That's where the bonding comes in. Life can get so hectic that we sometimes fail to enjoy the more important things. This gives us a wonderful outlet to make sure we take the time.

Of course, Long Island has many migratory birds, as well. We certainly don't want to ignore them. We will blog about them as well. Armed with new cameras and renewed incentive, we look forward to getting back on the birding trail!

Monday, October 1, 2012

Birding in Sweden 2012

Okay so first we want to apologize for not blogging sooner.  Sometimes life happens and before you know it time has passed us by.

We will try our best to help you see the wonderful birds we saw while we were there.

We landed in Gothenburg Sweden at 5am after being up for almost 24 hours but we dropped off our luggage and began exploring.  We took a look at our maps and off we went.  We found our way to a park a few miles from the hotel and as we meandered through the gardens we spotted a bird that we could not identify.

 So we saw this bird and we were quite perplexed as to what it was.  It was black with a grey fuzz type hair piece.  Once we researched it we found this bird to be a Eurasian (Western) Jackdaw.

Our research shows that this bird is from the Corvus monedula (Crow Family), sometimes known as the Eurasian Jackdaw, European Jackdaw or simply Jackdaw.  Found across Europe, western Asia and North Africa, it is mostly resident, although northern and eastern populations migrate south in winter.


As the days went on, we found ourselves at the Botanical Gardens.  It was a beautiful day and we parted from our group of 16 to wander aimlessly through the gardens as we do so well.

We climbed rocks, went out on ledges, crossed waterfalls and stood in amazement as we took in the natural beauty of creation.


It was here at the gardens that we saw up close the Magpie. 
The Eurasian Magpie, European Magpie, or Common Magpie, (Pica pica), is a resident breeding bird throughout Europe, much of Asia and northwest Africa. It is one of several birds in the crow family named as magpies.  In Europe, "Magpie" is used by English speakers as a synonym for the European Magpie; it is the only magpie in Europe outside the Iberian Peninsula.
The Eurasian Magpie is one of the most intelligent birds, and it is believed to be one of the most intelligent of all animals.


Other birds flew in and out of our view but we didn't get any other good photo's. So we don't have much to show for it with bird photos but we had a great time.

Hej Da to Sweden!


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