In my opinion the European bee-eater is the prettiest in Eurasia. The others seem to favour a single colour while the euro bee-water is diverse with colours. I hope to get my first this year.
We actually found two nests.
The nests we found, one was in a storage locker which was the same shape as that toilet, the other was in a large crack in a Willow tree.
If you're interested in Jackdaws, there are four recognised subspecies, and they should roughly look like this (photos chosen from eBird based on the description from en.wiki and my somewhat limited experience with the local ssp.; unfortunately, individual variation is huge):I've read so much about jackdaws, they sound really cool, I'd love to see them.
The only interesting vagrant I've heard about this year in these parts (northeast USA) is a Barnacle Goose in Newton, Massachusetts, so far I have not been able to catch up with him. Actually the Stellar's Sea Eagle did appear again near Portland, Maine last month, but he moved on before I could get up there. He's got his own website:
RARE BIRD ALERT: STELLER'S SEA-EAGLE IS BACK (2023) - Maine Audubon
Steller's Sea-Eagle sightings in Maine as updated by Maine Audubon.maineaudubon.org
for those who don't know the bird
I would not count Demoiselle Crane as a European bird - Asian. I need it for my WP list, and the only likely spots are on passage in Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt and further east.
Most English people say Who-poo but some say Who-po
Thinking about this I think I say both.
www.birdforum.net
Who poo
from The new Wood-Warbler taxonomy – Sibley Guides that I've recently read
