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Only for Dogs and Birders – Kalamas Delta, Greece

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I am checking the grass for any flash of white and soon my suspicion is confirmed: Cattle Egrets (cover photo)! It is getting really hot now, 30oC and I am in a car in the open, without any shade… any shade big enough for a man – trackside bushes offer bits of shade large enough for a dog to lie down.

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Birding Lake Kerkini, Greece: Three Lazy Days

10,000 Birds

We also observed nests of Pygmy Cormorants , Dalmatian Pelicans , Little Egrets , Cattle Egret (with a chick), Squacco Heron , and Spoonbills. However, during a storm the chains that kept it anchored broke off and the raft is now stranded on the shore, accessible to stray dogs and not used for breeding.

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