Finding new-to-me birds on European vacation

What’s a vacation without a little birding, right? So, during some recent trips to visit Reykjavik, Iceland and Florence, Italy, I was able to take some time to look for birds in these foreign locales.

In addition to seeing some familiar birds that I have photographed overseas before, I was able to find eight new-to-me birds to add to my birding catalog.

The new birds in Iceland (not surprising) were from the shorebird family: Common Eider and Northern Fumar. In Italy, many of my new birds were found while I was wandering along the Arno river: Common Sandpiper, Eurasian Blackcap, Hooded Crow, Italian Sparrow, Little Egret and Yellow-legged Gull.

And also in Iceland and Italy, I came across a few birds I had photographed while visiting Europe previously.