Huh, there’s an idea. Why would I want one in my wallet?

Hmm. Since you’re carrying the Tile, perhaps it should go in your wallet or be attached to your glasses?

Seriously, I hope it’s a wonderful tour and am looking forward to following along.

Yes, it does. They’re very close cousins, and I’m not certain of the identification - conceivably it could be a great cormorant, the only other possibility here. Shags are a bit smaller, a bit blacker, and have more slender bills. So maybe.

I echo what Suzanne said - a most encouraging start and a wish that I could be cycling there as well. And though this may not be the tour that you originally envisioned, I trust that you will both find a way to maximize your enjoyment while taking it a little easier.

That can also carry automobiles?! Amazing.

Looks like a cormorant

De Gaulle is the worst in our admittedly limited experience. Thanks for the Bilbao preview, we're excited to wander around the Guggenheim in a few weeks.

An encouraging start. I hope the weather improves. Wish I could be cycling there, too.

I didn’t my use an app per se, but in the states I browse the Cornell Labs site, All About Birds. It’s really an excellent resource. Overseas I use eBird, also a Cornell site. I think both are associated with the Merlin app.

Cornell is really the center of the bird universe, I think. It goes back to Tom Cade, a professor there who died not long back. I remember reading his book bout perigrine falcons back when o was an adolescent.

Thanks for prompting me to look at this again. You’re right that it’s a tourism office now, but it was originally a train station. I discovered this by reading review comments on the place.

I was really delighted when I looked up and saw this.

Other than it houses the tourism office for Portugalete, I can't find anything about the building. It's certainly attractive.

Hi, I am enjoying your journal, as usual. May I ask, what birding app do you use?

I think this needs to go in your end of the year compilation!

Your self-restraint is noted, and appreciated.