Gageo Island, April 27, 2019

Bluethroat Luscinia svecica

Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane

Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus

Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala

Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus

  I was feeling groggy this morning, so what better way to wake up with an adrenal spine-shock than almost tripping over a Bluethroat at dawn, ten feet from the front door of my minbak. If I could bottle that feeling, I’d be set for life. Get your bottled Bluethroat at dawn here! Line up, make an orderly line!
  Siberian Blue Robins and Siberian Rubythroats continue at the edges of town, and another Common Rosefinch was seen at the top to the gully. There was the feeling of clear-out in the afternoon, and the lion's share of the swallows have moved on. Fingers crossed Monday’s forecast southerly winds change things up a bit here.