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Birding Lake Kerkini, Greece: Three Lazy Days

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The northern half of the lake added Corn Bunting , European Turtle Dove , Dalmatian Pelican , Purple Heron , Eurasian Hobby , Eurasian Golden Oriole , Eurasian Green Woodpecker , and only the first of the several Masked Shrikes of the tour (cover photo by Kostas Papadopoulos).

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Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

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Common Nightingales were singing, a squadron of Dalmatian Pelicans was in the air and everything was exactly where it should be, including myself. At mid-day, we took a boat tour of the heronries and the pelican islands with Nikos. Dalmatian Pelican © Dusanka Stokovic-Simic. Belles, rising steeply two kilometres (1.2

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Munkajarra Wetlands near Derby

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Quite often there are Australian Pelicans , Brolga and Royal Spoonbills present and the egret species often include Great Egret , Intermediate Egret , Little Egret and Cattle Egret. Although we have never observed Painted Snipe at this location, they were recorded breeding here in 1960 and 1961. Purple Swamphens.

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Great Miami Winter Bird Count 2015

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Although they breed on the west coast of Florida, Snowy Plover is a rare stray to this part of the state. American White Pelican: 19. Brown Pelican: 53. Cattle Egret: 133. Peregrine Falcon: 3. Magnificent Frigatebird: 3. Double-crested Cormorant: 236. Anhinga: 95. American Bittern: 2. Great Blue Heron: 62.

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