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Birding Lake Kerkini, Greece: Three Lazy Days

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Then there were a few Hawfinches and two young Black Storks , Little Bittern , Great White Egret , Glossy Ibis , Common Kingfisher , Syrian Woodpecker , Peregrine Falcon , Red-backed Shrike , Lesser Grey Shrike , Collared Flycatcher and a family of Western Yellow Wagtails.

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Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Costa Rica, or When Harry Met Mercedes

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Once a Peregrine Falcon flew above the veranda, while several distant King Vultures were soaring above the valley. Did you know that Annie Oakley, an American sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show, outgunned a professional sharpshooter – and then married him? How could she not impress him?

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Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

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Asian water buffaloes were brought to Greece by Ottoman Turks centuries ago and by now, they have developed into a separate race, the Greek buffalo, which is protected as an old domestic breed. Out of some 4000 buffaloes still being kept in Greece, about 3000 are at this lake. Then, there was a herd of buffaloes.

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Weavers

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Bubalornis – the black Buffalo Weavers A male Red-billed Buffalo Weaver photographed in Tanzania by Adam Riley The two species of black buffalo weavers are large, noisy birds of drier areas of East and southern Africa. Image taken by Adam Riley in Tanzania. A Scaly-feathered Weaver takes to wing. Image by Adam Riley in Namibia.

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Where could you go birding in Australia in 2023?

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Fish Creek to Buffalo. Brown Falcon foraging after a bush fire. Pied Oystercatcher family. Sandringham to Mordialloc along the coast. Ferntree Gully-Dandenong Ranges National Park. One Tree Hill-Dandenong Ranges National Park. Geelong-Rippleside Park to Eastern Park. Foster to Fish Creek. Foster to Toora. Toora bird hide.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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These vast and rugged lands of savanna, hills, gorges and rivers still protect some of Ethiopia’s largest extant herds of typical African savanna game, including African Elephant, African Buffalo, Giraffe, Lion, Leopard, African Wild Dog and numerous species of grazers. Yellow-billed Stork.

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