Americans love to visit Europe for innumerable reasons - history, language, art, food, birds..... Birds? Well, just like the culture, the continent's avian world is varied and magnifique.
On a recent visit to Western Europe, with stops in Germany, Luxembourg and France, I was able to spare a few minutes from biergartens and cafés to train my lens on some bird species I've never taken the time to observe or identify before. While there were lots of familiar ones - rock pigeons, house sparrows and mallards - I was excited to see some fascinating new subjects.
Fortunately there are lots of green spaces not just in the European countryside but in their many city parks. And a proud tradition of local agriculture and family farms creates habitat and space for even more wildlife. So enjoy several photos of the new birds I got to meet.
On a recent visit to Western Europe, with stops in Germany, Luxembourg and France, I was able to spare a few minutes from biergartens and cafés to train my lens on some bird species I've never taken the time to observe or identify before. While there were lots of familiar ones - rock pigeons, house sparrows and mallards - I was excited to see some fascinating new subjects.
Fortunately there are lots of green spaces not just in the European countryside but in their many city parks. And a proud tradition of local agriculture and family farms creates habitat and space for even more wildlife. So enjoy several photos of the new birds I got to meet.
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| Grey heron at the Schoss Bruhl in Germany. |
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| European robin at the Schloss Bruhl in Germany. |
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| Western jackdaw in Nancy, France. |
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| Egyptian goose in Zweibrucken, Germany. |
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| Great tit in Zweibrucken. |
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| Juvenile carrion crow in Zweibrucken. |
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| Male common chaffinch in Zweibrucken. |
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| Female common chaffinch in Zweibrucken. She's got an insect with its wings in her mouth. |
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| Male Eurasian blackbird in Zweibrucken. |
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| Female Eurasian blackbird in Zweibrucken. |
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| White wagtail in Zweibrucken. |
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| Greenfinch in Dellfeld, Germany. |
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| Female yellowhammer in Dellfeld, Germany. |
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| Moorhen with four babies in Zweibrucken. |
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| Male grey wagtail in Zweibrucken. |
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| Female grey wagtail in Zweibrucken. |
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| Eurasian blue tit in Zweibrucken. |
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| Type of thrush in Zweibrucken. |
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| Common wood pigeon in Dellfeld, Germany. |
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