These are the most common bids that are part of Lviv sky, streets and municipal parks. A wider variety of birds considers Lviv their home but may be less visible than the ones listed below.

ROOK
In Lviv rooks are hardly seen in the summer. But from late October until late March their flocks fill the Lviv sky twice a day when the birds migrate between the city dump to feed for the day and to return to warmer city parks for the night, which makes them seemingly the most numerous birds in Lviv. Some rooks can be spotted in Lviv on warmer winter days looking for seeds and walnuts on the ground in gardens and going through municipal waste bins. Living near people in Lviv, these clever bids learned how to extract food from discarded tin cans, plastic wrappers and other human waste.

FERAL PIGEON
Commonly seen throughout Lviv at any time, especially in the old part of town where the old Habsburg buildings have protruding decorative elements providing the birds with many perching places. Feral pigeon's ancestor is a rock dove, the native inhabitant of sea cliffs. This explains why its relatives in Lviv like to perch on ledges and roofs of old Lviv building that resemble their earlier habitat among the cliffs. Their nests can often be seen inside attics of old buildings.

COLLARED DOVE
Its gentle cooing is one of the sounds of Lviv. It likes to perch on the roof TV aerials taking off straight up once in a while and gliding down.

BLUE TIT
This is a common resident of Lviv parks and gardens and one of Lviv's favorite birds. People often hang small chunks of pork fat on their balconies to observe them feeding in winter.

COMMON SWIFT
They are Lviv's summer visitors that fill the sky with loud, piercing screaming. These symbols of high summer arrive in late April and leave in the first two weeks of August.

HOUSE MARTIN
Similar to the swifts in many ways but arrive to Lviv earlier in the spring and leaving later, usually in early September.

HOUSE SPARROW
Its happy chirping is now less common on the streets of Lviv. In my observation their numbers are smaller today than about a decade ago.

BLACKBIRD
It's a clear sign of spring in Lviv when they start singing. Their mellow songs can be heard in Lviv at sunrise and sunset with the first warm days, often in early March, or sometimes even in February during a warm spell, and continue until July.

MAGPIE
They adapted to living close to people in Lviv and remind about themselves by noisy chattering when they communicate with their mates a few blocks away.