10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
I was born and bred by the banks of the Lake Kerkini National Park in the north of Greece, one hour from the country’s second largest city Thessaloniki. Since then, the majority of my guests became birders and wildlife photographers. My name is Nikos Gallios. Also, find out more in Dragan’s posts here at 10,000 Birds: [link].
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2019
I was driving along the legendary eastern levee of the Kerkini Lake in northern Greece ( Google Map ) and, listening to the first Golden Oriole flute, was slowly getting closer to a wooded Mt. They were still listed as Endangered, but wildlife management measures taken in this park were clearly working. mi) above the lake.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 29, 2023
I also travelled to Kerkini in Northern Greece in June and Kefalonia in south-east Greece in October, so my overall year list was a more satisfactory 272 species. These birds (usually juveniles) are clearly linked to the growing breeding population in the region. My overseas trips did boost the overall year list considerably.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 20, 2015
This map shows the distribution of the World’s bird species, based on overlying the breeding and wintering ranges of all known species. Greece (346 / 411 – just to give you a clue, the Greek-published checklist I have has 449 species). It makes me think what is the meaning of life, the universe and everything? Why am I here?
10,000 Birds
JUNE 30, 2022
Yala National Park is brimming with wildlife and there are good chances of seeing Leopard , Sloth Bear and Asian Elephant , while it is also excellent for dry-zone birds, while the nearby Bundala coastal marshes and Palatupana ponds are good spots for shorebirds. And the final 15 pages are devoted to various Glossaries.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 3, 2013
In short, the accepted view used to be that a small breeding population of Egyptian Vultures inhabited Southern Africa, but has vanished facing the spread of towns, roads and farms. In the 1970s we had two to four breeding pairs, in the 1980s one to two, in the 1990s it was zero to two (irregular breeding).
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