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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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Birding Gir National Park, India

10,000 Birds

Disinterested Gray Langurs await us in the next tree crown; one Black-rumped Flameback woodpecker is searching the branches, while one gorgeous Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher flies by. At the bank of one such small dam, a Softshell Turtle basks in the afternoon sun, while one Oriental Magpie-Robin is searching the water edge.

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Serbia – birding overview of a year in the Central Balkans

10,000 Birds

Wood Warblers have a strongly pronounced passage through April; Tawny Pipits , Bluethroats and Savi’s Warblers are back by the first week, and Ortolan Buntings and European Turtle Doves by the second week of April. Common Quail , Grey Partridge , Turtle Dove , too. Black Woodpeckers are still relatively easy to hear and see.

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Collaborative list November – 2021

10,000 Birds

54 Oriental Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia orientalis. 156 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 203 Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. 204 Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani. 205 Hoffmann’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes hoffmannii. 156 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis.

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Pasir Ris Park-Singapore

10,000 Birds

We started our Singapore bird list at Pasir Ris and leaving the train station we were delighted to see several Cattle Egrets on the grass and several photographers. On one occasion we saw a pair of Red Turtle Doves beside the fishing lake. We were soon in Pasir Ris Town Park and observing a huge variety of birds. Black-naped Oriole.

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The Lion Forest of India

10,000 Birds

Disinterested Gray Langurs await us in the next tree crown; one Black-rumped Flameback woodpecker is searching the branches, while one gorgeous Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher flies by. At the bank of one such small dam, a Softshell Turtle basks in the afternoon sun, while one Oriental Magpie-Robin is searching the water edge.

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Collaborative List ? May 2020

10,000 Birds

European Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia turtur). Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis). Hoffmann’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii). Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus). Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major). Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens). Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus).

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