Birds in southern Italy

Common birds:  feral pigeon, starling, blackbird, goldfinch, greenfinch, house sparrow, tree sparrow - am I whetting your appetite here?  Didn't think so.

The common corvid in Rome is the Hooded Crow; in Orvieto it's the Jackdaw.  Really liked both of them.  Next most common bird is the Swift - especially mornings and evenings.  They are fantastic to watch, zooming all over the place.  Yellow-footed Gulls (larger than Pacific) were also very common in Rome.

Interesting birds:  House Martin, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Wren, Robin, Chaffinch, Italian Sparrow, Serin (sounds like a blue wren with zzz's), Blackcap (which is a warbler which sounds a lot like a blackbird crossed with a Reed Warbler - never shuts up and is incredibly difficult to spot).  Bigger birds - Jay, Magpie, Wood Pigeon, Black Kite, Kestrel.

Also saw a riccio the other night - a hedgehog!