10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2024

First recorded breeding on the island in 2013, this dove is now both widespread and common. Today they are a Cypriot success story, for they have established themselves at many locations, and even breed in the middle of roundabouts in the bustling town of Larnaka. Hoopoes are common breeding birds.

Cyprus 229

Cyprus Breeders Falcons Hunters 229

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Long and very narrow – too long and too narrow even for a falcon, all but one: Eleonora’s Falcon ! Somehow, the length of its wings is apparent only in the first second, after that, it does become a falcon-like falcon.). Two-thirds of the world’s population breeds colonially on Greek islands.

Falcons 184

Falcons Greece Madagascar Game 184

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Now I break (and think that I should put a „I break for birds“ bumper sticker), bins… a falcon! An Eleonora’s Falcon , light morph, makes several circles above the Olive grove and it is gone. Eleonora’s Falcons are migrants themselves. Madagascar must have separated from Africa long before they evolved.

Greece 235

Greece Falcons Madagascar Africa 235

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2014

A few weeks from now (it was early April), Eleonora’s Falcons will become a possibility, too, once they return from Madagascar. This shearwater is a Mediterranean endemic, breeding from Sardinia and Corsica to the Adriatic and the Aegean. and up she rises, Early in the morning.

Greece 242

Greece Malta Croatia Birds 242

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Each male builds numerous nests, most of which are rejected by the female, who will eventually select a nest she is happy with, allow the proud architect who usually hangs under his masterpiece to mate with her and then begins the breeding process. Image taken by Adam Riley in Perinet, Madagascar. These nests can weight up to 1 ton!

Tanzania 232

Tanzania Buffalo Kenya Namibia 232