Today I had the pleasure of seeing a Moldovan Powersparrow. A real Moldovan! Quite by chance too, as I was on the 8.15am no. 27 bus to the airport, I was dreamily gazing through the steam-glazed windows, as I usually do in the mornings (more due to tiredness than actual birdspotting if truth be told). And lo and behold, within a messy thicket by the roadside, where one would usually expect to spy a falcon or a gull, there my little Moldovan was. Spry little fellow, he was hopping along a log, unaware of my watching eyes.
The rest of my day was spent indoors, testing gauges and acoustic transmitters, so nothing to do with birds obviously! There being no windows, I didn't even have a chance for a lucky spot, and at lunch all I managed to see were common birds. Pah. But once I'm travelling the world and going offshore, then I'll be seeing all kinds of exotic birds. Good times ahead! |
