Birds seen in France (& Switzerland!), Jan. 7-Apr. 6/07: (ALL CAPS = new species for me) Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Great Crested Cormorant, Great Shag, European BITTERN, GREAT Night-Heron, Black-crowned Egret, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Great Heron, Grey Stork, White Ibis, Glossy FLAMINGO, GREATER Swan, Mute Goose, Graylag Shelduck, Common Duck, Wood (domestic/escaped) Mallard Gadwall Shoveler, Northern DUCK, MARBLED Teal, Common GARGANEY Pochard, Common POCHARD, RED-CRESTED DUCK, TUFTED Eider, Common Merganser, Red-breasted EAGLE, BONELLI'S Kite, Red Kite, Black Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Hen Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Pheasant, Common RAIL, WATER Moorhen, Common Coot, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Eurasian Avocet, Pied STILT, BLACK-WINGED STONE-CURLEW PLOVER, LITTLE RINGED Plover, Common Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover, Grey Lapwing, Northern Sanderling Dunlin Sandpiper, Green SANDPIPER, COMMON Redshank, Common REDSHANK, SPOTTED GODWIT, BLACK-TAILED Snipe, Common Ruff Gull, Black-headed GULL, SLENDER-BILLED GULL, MEDITERRANEAN Gull, Yellow-legged GULL, AUDOUIN'S GULL, LITTLE TERN, SANDWICH TERN, GULL-BILLED Pigeon, Rock (feral) Wood Pigeon, Common Collared Dove, Eurasian HOOPOE, EURASIAN Kingfisher, Common Woodpecker, European Green WOODPECKER, GREAT SPOTTED LARK, CRESTED Crag Martin, Eurasian Swallow, Barn Pipit, Meadow Wagtail, White Wagtail, Grey Wren, Winter Dunnock Robin, European Redstart, Black STONECHAT, COMMON Thrush, Song Blackbird, European Blackcap WARBLER, SARDINIAN WARBLER, MOUSTACHED CISTICOLA, ZITTING WARBLER, CETTI'S CHIFFCHAFF Goldcrest Firecrest Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Crested Tit, Long-tailed TIT, EURASIAN PENDULINE Nuthatch, Eurasian NUTHATCH, CORSICAN WALLCREEPER Treecreeper, Eurasian SHRIKE, WOODCHAT Shrike, Great Grey Magpie, Common Jay, Eurasian Jackdaw, Western CHOUGH, RED-BILLED Crow, Hooded (subspecies) Crow, Carrion Raven, Common Starling, European STARLING, SPOTLESS SPARROW, ITALIAN (House X Spanish hybrid) Sparrow, House Sparrow, Eurasian Tree Chaffinch, Common Linnet, Common Goldfinch, European Greenfinch, European FINCH, CITRIL SERIN, EUROPEAN BUNTING, CIRL SILVERBILL, INDIAN Goose, Chinese (domestic) Duck, Muscovy (domestic) Peafowl, Common (domestic)