Tweet! Tweet! Camino Birds

 Posted by VQT 

On September 2nd (our second day of walking) I started using the Merlin app to identify bird songs.  Merlin is a free app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.  As of today 10/5/25 we have heard or seen 49 different birds. 

Here’s our list in order of when we heard them with a few dates and subtotals interspersed.  


A stenciled image of a bird.  

Camino Birds

Eurasian linnet (9/2/25)

Eurasian blackbird

Eurasian collared dove

House sparrow

Cetti’s warbler

Eurasian magpie

European starling

Spotless starling

Common redstart

Booted eagle

Carrion crow

Wood lark

Common raven

Common house Martin (western)

European goldfinch 

European Pied Flycatcher 

Eurasian blackcap 

Great tit

European Robin 

Black redstart

European greenfinch 

Common chaffinch 

Mute swan - saw 

23 birds as of 9/9 

Eurasian wren 

White wagtail 

Wood pigeon 

Graylag goose

White storks (circonia circonia) - saw in field

Western Subalpine warbler

Dartford warbler 

30 birds as of 9/14

Common kingfisher

Eurasian Tree sparrow 

Eurasian Blue tit 

Song Thrush

Eurasian Kestrel 

Rock pigeon 

36 birds as of 9/16

Eurasian jackdaw

Mallard 

Common Firecrest

Cirl Bunting

Iberian Chiffchaff 

Grey Heron - saw on 9/28

Long tailed tit

43 birds as of 9/29 

Eurasian jay 

Short toed tree creeper 

Goldcrest

Spotted flycatcher 

Coal tit 

European serin

49 birds as of 10/1

Comments

  1. DeniseOctober 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM

    What a great collection! I can’t wait to look these up.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM

    Wow! That's quite the list! My Merlin app says I have too many noisy birds that all chatter at the same time, so why waste it's awesome technical skills on crows and other chattery birds! He said it's my fault for dragging it out when all the birds are having a go. Merlin and I are no longer on speaking terms. Yours seems to be much friendlier!
    Cheryl P
    PS: Apparently all the North Carolina birds are playing pranks on poor old Merlin.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM

    What a list! Your The Big Year! JK

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  4. AnonymousOctober 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM

    That's awesome! Will have to check out some photos. The white wagtail looks distinguished. The European greenfinch would go with all the green doors:)

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