



We were in a park behind the Miro Museum in Barcelona. The bird was so large that my first thought was a raptor.
Black-headed Gulls are common in Europe. By the coast, along the rivers, and in the cities.
This is a first year gull. The black heads will appear next spring when the red proximal beak will offer a stark contrast.
A Common Gull. But not so common that I had ever identified one before. This was a first.
The afternoon temp was cold but the wind made the day very chilly. The gull didn't seem to mind.
This Moorhen swam along the wharf in one direction and then hopped onto the wharf and walked back in the opposite direction.
The bird was on a mission, as oblivious too my presence, as I was to where he was going.
I saw two paraqueets in Europe in November. The first in Brussels was in the gardens outside the Royal Palace. I saw the typical bullet flight but thought the sighting of a parrot at that time of the year to be improbable. Then I heard the squawking. I tracked the birds down and patiently waited until they came into view. A Rose-ringed Paraqueet.