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Prespa Lakes National Park, Greece: the largest Dalmatian Pelican colony in the world

10,000 Birds

Back to the Mikri Prespa , where mostly Dalmatian, with two White Pelicans among them, were circling, while one Short-toed Snake Eagle glided across. For longest lists, go there in May when migrants are still passing while the local breeders are active and visible. Dalmatian and White Pelicans (White = the black ones). Maps and guides.

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Polygynandry and avian swingers

10,000 Birds

Many robins, eagles and finches later, he ended up at university studying various biology things and wrote a thesis on vertebrate biogeography in southern African forests. Might I assume that women typically bear fewer children, or fewer survive? In this case, they would be exhibiting polyandry.

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A Comparison of Birding in Costa Rica and Eilat, Israel

10,000 Birds

Here are some: Mega migration : We bear witness to some serious migration in Costa Rica. This is a serious issue around Eilat and seems to affect local resident breeders more than migrants. Literally millions of swallows, Chimney Swifts , and raptors take the migrant express through the skies over the Caribbean slope.