alicia coriolano
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Up until a couple of weeks ago I paid very little attention to birds apart from a special fondness for blackbirds (Turdus Merula) dating from the years I lived in London hearing them dialogue in song from one roof to another. Yes, I could recognise sparrows, pigeons, gulls (grew up overlooking Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro) and birds common in Brazil such as bem-te-vi (Pitangus sulphurous), humming birds, toucans, macaws, various parrots.
I now live at the foot at the Acropolis and recently noticed a magpie picking at berries in one of my balcony planters. And I decided to put breadcrumbs out for whatever bird may appear and I now have daily visits from a dear little robin who makes my day, a greyish mystery bird who eats and flies off taking a large crumb to feed his young (I just found out it's a black redstart) and the greedy 'lumpen' (sparrows) who arrive 'en masse': I will post some pix.
I now live at the foot at the Acropolis and recently noticed a magpie picking at berries in one of my balcony planters. And I decided to put breadcrumbs out for whatever bird may appear and I now have daily visits from a dear little robin who makes my day, a greyish mystery bird who eats and flies off taking a large crumb to feed his young (I just found out it's a black redstart) and the greedy 'lumpen' (sparrows) who arrive 'en masse': I will post some pix.
