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Kerkini in Winter

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Greater flamingoes winter in large numbers Kerkini’s wintering Flamingoes probably breed in Turkey Forty years ago Flamingoes were rare visitors to Greece: several thousand now winter on Kerkini Lake Kerkini is an artificial lake, its depth varying considerably throughout the year.

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Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Costa Rica, or in the Land of Coffee and Chocolate

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A Wood Stork lands in a tree, while one Neotropical River Otter swims across and climbs a floating log. There was a Gartered Trogon right above me, and one cooperative Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth on a cecropia tree, raising its head to smile at us. A group (maybe 4-5 ex.)

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City Guide: Finding Birds in Belgrade

10,000 Birds

Is Belgrade the New Berlin is a question recently raised in Vogue by Marry Holland. At the southeast part of the lake is a breeding colony of Black-crowned Night , Purple and Squacco Herons. no one has reported any more otter sightings since the construction started last year). eBird checklist.

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