And while in Nice (and the rest of the Cote d'Azure), careful where you
point those binos!

:O)

Ah, the Great tits of Europe....

My sister lives in the countryside in Provence. Among my favorite "yard
birds" were the la huppe fasciee (Hoopoe) , Guepier d'europe (European
bee-eater), et la rouge-queue noir (Black redstart). These birds gave a
tropical flare to my species list.

If you can read French, I found "Les Oiseaux de France" by Jean-Claude
Chantelat useful. Besides being a field guide, it is also a bird finding
guide. As for an English guide, I used Birds of Britain & Europe by Bertel
Bruun (illustrated by Arthur Singer). This is a great pocket size F.G. that
covers all of Europe. I have used it many times in France. It is an older
guide (and I am not sure is still available) so I am sure what Dennis
recommended would be better.

Eric Kowalczyk
Seattle


> [Original Message]
> From: Trudy Rasp <rasp at u.washington.edu>
> To: Janine <JATLMM at msn.com>; <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Date: 4/19/2007 7:57:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] RFI: birding in France & N. Italy
>
> 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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