While in Paris be sure to look for the "falcons" on top of Notre Dame. Easy
to photograph but hard to identify. :)

Trudy Rasp
Phinney Ridge/Seattle

----- Original Message -----
From: "Janine" <JATLMM at msn.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 5:31 PM
Subject: RE: [Tweeters] RFI: birding in France & N. Italy


>
>
> I would appreciate information similar to that requested by Mark. My
> husband
> and I will be in Paris and Southern France (between Nice and Avignon) in
> May, and I too took Dennis Paulsen's advice and bought the same book. But
> any further info or thoughts would be appreciated. In Southern France, we
> will be staying in Nice, Cassis, and St. Remy. While in St. Remy, we'll
> visit the Luberon, Pont du Gard, and of course, The Camarque. I have
> contacted two Birding Pals, so will probably get some assistance from
> them,
> but we'll also be on our own.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Janine Anderson
> jatlmm at msn.com
> Seattle
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
> [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Mark
> Egger
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 5:00 PM
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: [Tweeters] RFI: birding in France & N. Italy
>
> I know this is way off-topic and would be better addressed to a
> European bird list-serve, but I highly value the opinions of my
> fellow Tweets, so here goes. My family and I will be visiting France
> (mostly the NW coast in E. Brittany, the Dordogne region, and
> Provence (including the Alps) and N Italy (Tuscany, Umbria, and a bit
> of Venice). We will be there from late June through most of July,
> travelling in the order listed above. While I've birded fairly
> extensively in North and South America, this will be my first trip
> out of the New World! Can't wait for my life Stock Dove! :-)
>
> I am interested to hear from anyone who has travelled in these
> regions at that time of year and can suggest some awesome places to
> maximize numbers of species within a relatively few locations
> (neither my wife nor daughter are terribly into birding -- one too
> many sewage lagoons, I fear). I have already discovered the Camargue
> area in Provence, which seems to be the Malheur NWR of France, and
> the Maremma region in Italy, but I'd still love to hear other's
> thoughts, recommendations, strategies, etc. Please reply directly to
> me, unless you think such info would be of interest to the group.
> Speaking of field guides, I took Dennis Paulsen's advice & picked up
> the recent "Birds of Europe" by Mullarney et al. -- which has VERY
> nice plates (I keep staring at the beautifully executed Sylvidae
> pages) and has a lot of information packed into a fairly small size.
> Any recommendations for a supplementary guide and/or a good source of
> voice recordings? I do so much of my birding by voice here, and I'd
> like to study up aurally on the European species, so I'm not
> completely overwhelmed.
>
> Thanks much in advance,
>
> Mark
> --
> Mark Egger
> Seattle, WA
> USA
> mailto:m.egger at comcast.net
>
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