Sightseeing In Lisbon, Portugal

Hi everyone, today is our 5th full day in Lisbon. Todays post will include 2 days here, Saturday and Friday. Anyway, while sightseeing I did pick up a few good species and many life birds. While we looked at Padrao Dos Descobrimentos (Discovery Monument), since its on the water, I picked up a few shorebirds such as this SANDERLING, a common shorebird back in the Chicago area and life bird 249!

With the Sanderlings, I found 2 RUDDY TURNSTONE, life bird 250! Here is one of the turnstones below.

I also saw this gull eating a fish.

We headed back to catch a train home, and we walked past a garden that had a few ponds in it. In one pond I saw a few MUSCOVY DUCKS sitting along the edge. Life bird 251!

Earlier in the day not far from where I saw the muscovys, I saw a EURASIAN BLACKBIRD.

We were almost to the train and I started to watch a dove that flew in a nearby tree. As I watched the dove, a flash of green flew in and landed in front of me. Parakeet! I screamed. This ROSE RINGED PARAKEET is the first parakeet species I have seen in the wild. Life bird 252!

The next day we all went to a park called Jardim Da Estrela, which in English would be The Garden Of The Star. We went to go meet a woman named Cecilia, who is a friend of our friend Hans. While my parents and Cecelia talked, I walked around a small pond which happened to be filled with ducks. The species at the pond were MALLARDS, MUSCOVY DUCKS and this white goose which remains unidentified. If you know what this is, please contact me.

So far in Lisbon I have observed some great birds. Stay tuned, because this week I will go to Tagus Estuary, a great birding hotspot.
 
Life List 253 ( 5 life birds in Lisbon)

Bird List for Lisbon So Far

Rose Ringed Parakeet 1 Life Bird!

Muscovy Duck X Life Bird!

Mallard X

House Sparrow X

Sanderling 2 Life Bird!

Ruddy Turnstone 4 Life Bird!

Rock Pigeon X

Lesser Black Backed Gull X