VIEWS FROM THE BUS, CASCAIS TO CAPE ROCA, SINTRA,PORTUGAL, 9/30/2019

VIEWS FROM HELL'S MOUTH CLIFFS, CASCAIS,PORTUGAL, 9/30/2019

BLUETHROAT, LISBON REGION,PORTUGAL, 9/29/2019

    Even though because of lighting and distance the photo is not great in showing colors, we can ID this bird as a Bluethroat as follows:

• Blue bib
• Whitish supercilium
• Dark tail with rufous at its base 
• Gray upperparts 
• Whitish belly

   The Bluethroat is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 955.

RED-RUMPED SWALLOWS, EVOA,LISBON REGION,PORTUGAL, 6/29/2019

   We can ID this bird as a Red-rumped Swallow as follows:

• Reddish rump (this differentiates it from other swallows)
• Reddish face
• Underparts are reddish (a salmon red), but much lighter than face
• Dark tail, mantle and crown 
• You can just make out the two tail streamers on the swallow perched on the wire
• Very short pointed bill

   The Red-rumped Swallow is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 954.

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CORN BUNTING, EVOA, LISBON REGION,PORTUGAL, 9/29/2019

   We can ID this bird as a Corn Bunting as follows:

• Conspicuous dark eye with pale eyering
• As much as we can see, buffy-white underparts with dark streaks 
• Upperparts brown with dark streaks
• Lateral, pale gorget (patch of colored feathers on the throat or breast) on throat
• Pink legs

   The Corn Bunting is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 953.

FEMALE COMMON LINNET OR EURASIAN LINNET, EVOA,LISBON REGION,PORTUGAL, 9/29/2019

   We can ID this bird as a female Common Linnet or Eurasian Linnet as follows:

• Broad pale crescents above and below eye
• Short gray bill
• Long tail
• Brown upperparts
• Whitish throat 
• Streaked brownish crown

   The Common Linnet or Eurasian Linnet is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 952.

WHITE STORK IN FLIGHT, EVOA, LISBON REGION,PORTUGAL, 9/29/2019

   We can ID this stork as a White Stork as follows:

• The underwing pattern of black tips, black in back of the wing and white in front of wing is that of a White Stork
• From what we can see of the top of the right wing, the tops are also black and white
• Red bill
• Rest ofk plumage is white

   Since I ran out of charged batteries for my camera, this photo was taken with his camera.  Thanks Rui.

   The White Stork is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 951.