Sylvia Blackcap

Migrating is scary so I opened this account.

[Sylvia Blackcap @sylviablackcap]

I'm so tired... and I can see humans coming... I think this will be #TheLastTweet I write. Please, humans, visit https://t.co/BC3BMrS7MC

[Sylvia Blackcap @sylviablackcap]

I made it to the beach, but my legs got caught in a glue trap. I've been trying to get away for the past few hours... I'm really scared

[Sylvia Blackcap @sylviablackcap]

Of course, they didn't listen and they insisted I finish the trip, so I'll (try to) fly to Cyprus tomorrow morning. Wish me luck.

[Sylvia Blackcap @sylviablackcap]

We just got to Mersin, the last stop before Cyprus. I told my parents I should stay here, I made it this far and it's dangerous to go on!

[Sylvia Blackcap @sylviablackcap]

Odtü Ormanı, or Orman Park, is this incredibly big park in Ankara. So many different kinds of berries and they all taste amazing!

[Sylvia Blackcap @sylviablackcap]

Still alive! I flew into Istanbul last night. This is the dangerous part: crossing through Turkey, then a little strip of sea, then Cyprus.

[Sylvia Blackcap @sylviablackcap]

I just think it's really unfair having to chose between probably dying because it's too cold and probably dying because humans kill us.

[Sylvia Blackcap @sylviablackcap]

Ok, we are now officially in a Mediterranean beach. I like Thessaloniki fine, I just... I don't like not knowing if I'll make it, you know?

[Sylvia Blackcap @sylviablackcap]

We are getting close to the Mediterranean... you know, where thousands upon thousands of birds are killed every year. #NotScaredAtAll

[Sylvia Blackcap @sylviablackcap]

The Cișmigiu Gardens in Bucharest are almost better than that park in Ukraine! Almost. Great berries, though. My dad would love them.

[Sylvia Blackcap @sylviablackcap]

I bathed in the Danube! The Danube is a real river! I thought it was just a song.

[Sylvia Blackcap @sylviablackcap]

I went a bit out of my way to see Budapest. It's really nice. I'm still scared, but everything is so pretty I almost forget sometimes.

[Sylvia Blackcap @sylviablackcap]

The best park I've seen so far was the High Castle Park in Lviv, Ukraine! So pretty 💚🌿🌳 And no tree traps to catch birds!

[Sylvia Blackcap @sylviablackcap]

Still thinking about the museum. I'm kind of sad that the humans can't fly around the sculptures. It's my favourite way of experiencing art!

[Sylvia Blackcap @sylviablackcap]

I am talking to you from Warsaw! My parents told me to visit the Museum of Modern Art, which I did, and it was cooler than expected.

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Checking in, still alive (although they usually don't start killing us until we reach the Mediterranean). Lithuania is nice! Look!

[Sylvia Blackcap @sylviablackcap]

As this is my first migration, I'm suuuper tired, so I’m taking a day off. Mom, if you’re reading this, I needed it! I’ll fly faster later.

[Sylvia Blackcap @sylviablackcap]

Okay, so islands are a thing! They're like, a piece of land surrounded by water? See, Mom, I'm learning things! This is an island!

[Sylvia Blackcap @sylviablackcap]

The birds here in Sweden talk with strange accents, like they're sad (but they keep saying that we are the ones who sound too happy)

[Sylvia Blackcap @sylviablackcap]

Sweden, I am in you! I had never been outside of Trondheim, let alone Norway. Stockholm is really big!