10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
By November nearly all the White Pelicans have gone south (there always a chance of seeing a young bird that has been left behind), but you are certain to see plenty of Dalmatian Pelicans , one of Europe’s rarest birds, but a common resident here. They soon lose the colour as the spring progresses).
10,000 Birds
JULY 13, 2023
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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10,000 Birds
MAY 15, 2014
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 – Photo (c) Georgos Spiridakis. Dalmatian Pelicans – nesting platform.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Great White Pelican is not just the name of a non-existent glam-rock band but also of a bird species. If you want to get a detailed step-by-step description, see here. Mind you – it is indeed a description, not a video, as the research was done in 1952. They probably did not even have Twitter then.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2019
Common Nightingales were singing, a squadron of Dalmatian Pelicans was in the air and everything was exactly where it should be, including myself. At mid-day, we took a boat tour of the heronries and the pelican islands with Nikos. Dalmatian Pelican © Dusanka Stokovic-Simic. Belles, rising steeply two kilometres (1.2
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 7, 2013
Osprey and Brown Pelicans can pull off some impressive dives, but the none have the panache of a Sulid. MEGA: Buffalo Brown Booby – Steve Brenner, Nemesis Bird. The plunge-diving is spectacular, and the birds will sometimes open fire from as high as 100m above the ocean’s surface. Blue-footed Booby , Sula nebouxii.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 27, 2016
Cows and water buffaloes grazing the dried up lakebed under the imposing shadow of Mt. Among them are Dalmatian Pelicans , so big and lazy. Scattered Pied Avocets , Spotted Redshanks in good numbers, cows and water buffaloes grazing, two Black Storks , bare mudbar and… a perched eagle! Should I add, a lifer, too.
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