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

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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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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of May 2019)

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Spotting Blackpoll Warblers around here breaks bittersweet; obviously, anyone would enjoy spotting one of these monochromatic songbirds, but with this late migrant comes the promise of months of little more than resident breeders. Don’t tell me migration is over already! How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of July 2014?

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Enjoy your patches and your resident breeders. I’ve birded that part of the United States more than a couple of times but nonetheless look forward to the constant pelicans and Purple Martins! Anyone who knows me knows my favorite kind of birding: vacation birding. I’ll take new birds in new habitat any day. How about you?

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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

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Great White Pelican is not just the name of a non-existent glam-rock band but also of a bird species. Greater Flamingos are considered cooperative breeders as fledglings are raised in a creche, in which large numbers of young are watched by multiple non-breeding adult greater flamingos. They probably did not even have Twitter then.

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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

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Multitudes, hundreds of Brown Pelicans and Terns–Least, Common, Foster’s, Sandwich, Royal, and Caspian. I’m sure regular visitors to this area could tell you more about how the winds and tides affect the migrating birds and when the breeders start to nest. Anahuac NWR–Skillern Tract.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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The first three sections are brief, presenting a summary of the bird’s current NYC status (migrant, resident, breeder, vagrant, etc.), ” I’m down as the observer of a White Pelican at the Whitestone Bridge on Dec. Eaton, and John Kuerzi. Which is true.

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The Storks of Africa

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This colossal bird is now placed in its own family Balaenicipitidae and it forms an ancient link between storks and pelicans. Satellite tracking has shown that these individuals migrate northwards through South and into East Africa during the winter months.

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