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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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Chilling out with Rollers and Hoopoes

10,000 Birds

Two doves on the wire… Here, I would expect them to be European Turtle-Doves , as opposed to Collared Doves , but they are against the light… until a soft turrr – turrr comes from that direction. Loess bluff with numerous bee-eaters and one Northern Wheatear and, cut into a low grassy ridge, the set of tracks veers right.

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