10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2015

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! Dalmatian and White Pelicans (White = the black ones). Have you heard of it? Can you pinpoint it on a map?

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Greece Pelicans Geese Breeding 252

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Also Dalmatian and Great White Pelicans are resident species, breeding successfully on artificial platforms (close to 300 pairs). Also, there are more than 44 species of mammals: Otter , Wildcat , Grey Wolf , Beech Martens , Wild Boar , and Golden Jackal. Greater Flamingos stay at the lake in their thousands.

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Greece Wildlife Boars Otters 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Back on dirt tracks by a Desert Wheatear decorated bush (bellow), to spot five or six Wild boars disappearing among the bushes. Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus. Black-headed Ibis (Oriental White Ibis) Threskiornis melanocephalus. Black Ibis Pseudibis papillosa. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus. Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia.

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India Birds Eagles Boars 229

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2016

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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Greece Woodpeckers Boars Eagles 255