10,000 Birds
MAY 10, 2024
Subtly plumaged but handsome: a c**k Cretzchmar’s bunting The best places to find Cretzchmar’s Buntings are the foothills of the Troodos, where they like the vineyards and the old, crumbling hill terraces, for much of the agricultural hill land on the island has been abandoned. Cyprus is one of those places where anything can turn up.
10,000 Birds
JULY 13, 2023
Booted Eagle by Kostas Papadopoulos The next morning was a lazy one, a late breakfast and even later excursion. Later in the day, roadside birds included a Booted Eagle and a Levant Sparrowhawk. What amazed me is that, instead of the usual 6 or 8 slices, this pizza was cut into tiny, bite-size slices!
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2022
It appeared that many of the birds that we had seen on earlier visits this year had abandoned the area due to the huge expanse of water. The Black-shouldered Kites were still in the area and also a White-bellied Sea Eagle. Even when you drive as slow as is feasibly possible you can’t help but make a wake.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2018
White-tailed Eagles normally take flight silently, yet, while checking some Common Starlings and hoping for Rosy Starlings , I heard a few noisy wing-beats, enough to turn and see a young eagle flying with a wing tag. To prove more how young and inexperienced it was, the eagle even landed on the ground a mere 15 metres behind my car.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2019
a British expat birder who was living in Belgrade, for a suggestion: “The top species is undoubtedly White-tailed Eagle. White-tailed Eagle breeds along large rivers, wherever water mingles with forest. White-tailed Eagles can be seen above the city, too, in areas closer to rivers. Hence, I asked my friend B.C.,
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
A good way up one of the tallest pines is an Eagle’s nest. Every year there manage to be two eagles up there in that nest. Ducks are easier prey for the Eagle. You can tell when the Eagle is aloft because the Loons alarm call. Every now and then you see an Eagle and a Loon interact a bit. So, no Eagles maybe.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 5, 2012
We pour over photographs, read with envy the eye-witness accounts of the “lucky ones” and fabricate secret plans to abandon our loved ones and embark on expensive trips to track them down. Whilst African Fish-eagles are the daytime predators of all things watery, Pel’s Fishing Owls fulfill this niche at night.
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