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

10,000 Birds

The other day I was exploring a new area for the first time, birding the national park that I’ve watched only in BBC documentaries, the place famous for the largest Dalmatian Pelican colony in the world – more than 1300 pairs! Greylag Geese. Dalmatian and White Pelicans (White = the black ones). Have you heard of it?

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The Kerkini Lake, Greece: Dipped One, Got One

10,000 Birds

It’s the boar hunting season. The soil is disturbed by foraging boars (and there is not a single shot from those hunters). Among them are Dalmatian Pelicans , so big and lazy. One Grey-headed Woodpecker flies across the road – a promising start. We started from the village at, perhaps 50 m a.s.l. Should I add, a lifer, too.

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