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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 on a Busted Foot

10,000 Birds

Cardinal Woodpecker. Three species of woodpecker, from the large Bearded Woodpecker to the smaller Golden-tailed Woodpecker and the even smaller Cardinal Woodpecker, searched the trunks and branches, while on the smallest tips of the branches the tiny Long-billed Crombec clambered about in search of food.

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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide — A Review by a Penguin Groupie

10,000 Birds

Last month woodpeckers, this month penguins. Fortunately, the authors’ website, Roving Tortoise Photos , gives attribution for 55 photos from this book, so I can say that all three authors are indeed incredible photographers. That’s a lot of books about a bird family that cannot fly. It is not an essential purchase.

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