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From our trip to Ireland: members of the crow family. |
Ireland is home to quite a few members of the crow, or corvid, family, including crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, magpies, and choughs. We saw them in many environments: by the sea, on rooftops in town, and on lawns and even on a golf course. We spent lots of time looking at birds during our recent trip -- a pleasure for me even when we see only the fairly common ones.
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A European robin sang his wonderful song on a tree near the water in Galway. |
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Shorebirds -- and even gulls -- are a pleasure to watch! |
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A cormorant and a gull near Galway harbor. |
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A heron. |
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We often saw swans. The rarer variety had not arrived from migration yet. |
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Many wagtails were on roofs, walls, headstones, and lawns at
Clonmacnoise National Historic Site and the nearby wildlife preserve. |
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"The Curious Curlew" is the name of a bar,
suggesting that Irish people love the shorebirds too. |
1 comment:
I'm inclined to think shore birds and water-oriented birds are my favorites (and then I think of dozens of exceptions!). Common they may be, but beautiful nonetheless. Fabulous swan photos!
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