EURASIAN HOBBY IN FLIGHT, MOUNT PARNITHA FOOTHILLS,AVLONA,ATTICA,GREECE, 10/20/2019

   We can ID this raptor as a Eurasian Hobby as follows:

• Long, slate-gray (see third photo for color), pointed wings
• Dark head contrasting strongly with whitish cheeks, chin, throat and neck sides; also whitish eyebrows (see third photo)    
• Darkish below
• Bold streaking on breast and belly
• Rufous undertail-coverts and vent  
• Barred  undertail     

   The Eurasian Hobby is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 968.

VIEWS FROM MOUNT PARNITHA FOOTHILLS,AVLONA,ATTICA,GREECE, 10/10/2019

VIEWS OF AVLONA, ATTICA,GREECE, 10/10/2019

MALE EURASIAN BLACKCAP, MOUNT PARNITHA FOOTHILLS,AVLONA,ATTICA,GREECE, 10/10/2019

   We can ID this bird as a male Eurasian Blackcap as follows:

• Pale gray head and neck with black cap
• Dark eye with whitish eyering below and darker eyering (but lighter than cap) above
• Straight bill with blackish culmen  
• Grey-brown upperparts  
• Pale grey underparts  

   The Eurasian Blackcap is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 967.

SOMBRE TIT, MOUNT PARNITHA FOOTHILLS,AVLONA,ATTICA,GREECE, 10/10/2019

    We can ID this bird as a Sombre Tit as follows:

• Habitat - lower down on mountain slopes in rocky terrain with trees and bushes
• Blackish cap that extends down nape and fairly far down onto head sides
• Large blackish bib covering whole of throat and chin
• Whitish cheek, ear-coverts and side of neck under rear of cap, sullied brownish near neck.   
• Brown upperparts   
• Pale brownish flanks  
• Greyish legs  

   The Sombre Tit is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 966.

EUROPEAN ROBIN, MOUNT PARNITHA FOOTHILLS,AVLONA,ATTICA,GREECE, 10/10/2019

MALE SARDINIAN WARBLER, MOUNT PARNITHA FOOTHILLS,AVLONA,ATTICA,GREECE, 10/10/2019