European Birds continued

We met the Grey Heron in the previous post. Now meet her family:













Cattle Egret:


Middle Egret:


Blue Tit in flight:






Even though it is strictly European, I guarantee that you have heard of this grumpy-looking bird. This is a Nightingale.




European Starling:


Short-Toed Eagle:


White Stork:


European Robin:


Wood Duck (a strictly American species, seen in a Rome park):


European Crow:


The smallest of the birds I saw, with the most un-pronounceable name: Zitting Cisticola: