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Greece: Pelicans galore at Lake Kerkini

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At the same time, one Black Stork wades through the shallows, right next to the road. We are entering a long boat and sail by the wooden poles in the water, decorated with Common Terns (and one Black Tern that I’ve dipped), towards the greatest attraction of the lake, the pelican colony. Dalmatian Pelicans – nesting platform.

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Birding in a Refinery

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While the P-a-P Wildfowl Trust’s main thrust is the breeding and release of five duck species, the habitat encourages a number of native wetland birds to inhabit and proliferate the area. While enjoying the family of Wattled Jacanas , a female Green Kingfisher flew in to an overhanging branch and sat there for several minutes.

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Pink in Africa

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Its mostly found on the ground in thickets or the edges of dense vegetation and usually in small family parties. Pink-backed Pelican. Its a pelican that is restricted to freshwaters whereas Great White also enjoys the marine zones. Pink-backed Pelican by Markus Lilje/Rockjumper Birding Tours. Photo by Adam Riley.

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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

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Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. Ringer Anhingas and darters , cormorants and shags , frigatebirds , gannets and boobies , pelicans , and the tropicbirds all share a characteristic found in no other living bird: Their feet are totipalmate.

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The Storks of Africa

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Furthermore we have another very special stork-like bird, the regal Shoebill , previously known as the Whale-headed Stork but now placed in its own family. During breeding season, their white plumage turns a delicate pink color, a lovely sight indeed. The Saddle-billed Stork has a similar Africa-wide distribution as the Marabou.

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Birding Through the Seasons at Matheson Hammock

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Matheson Hammock County Park is a special place to many who grew up in the Miami area, filled with the nostalgia of taking one’s first swim in the ocean, seeing their first Brown Pelicans , or dip netting through the seagrass beds to find Pygmy Seahorses (the most coveted and prized catch).

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Birds on Posts or Birding North Dakota

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Since 1966, when the Breeding Bird Survey first began monitoring, numbers have declined 79 percent. We need to create bridges (and a very happy experience with a local ranching family led us to believe that this is possible). Yes, it takes a village to locate a Sprague’s Pipit. back to the birds.