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Birding Lake Kerkini, Greece: Three Lazy Days

10,000 Birds

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

10,000 Birds

Several Ferruginous Duck and one surprising male Goosander , four Glossy Ibises , Common Kingfishers , Eurasian Hopooes , a high note of a Penduline Tit somewhere from the willows along the canal, Eurasian Spoonbills , European Turtle Doves gently purrring …. Out of some 4000 buffaloes still being kept in Greece, about 3000 are at this lake.

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Collaborative List – October 2019

10,000 Birds

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver – Bubalornis niger. Oriental Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia orientalis. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Prestoiuskop to Satara via Skukuza and Tshokwanse. 20 Oct 2019. Burchell’s Starling – Lamprotornis australis. Prestoiuskop to Satara via Skukuza and Tshokwanse. 20 Oct 2019.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

10,000 Birds

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. European Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia turtur. ?apljin Dusky Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia lugens. Oriental Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia orientalis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver – Bubalornis niger. Cutler Wetlands.

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