10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2015

The other day I was exploring a new area for the first time, birding the national park that I’ve watched only in BBC documentaries, the place famous for the largest Dalmatian Pelican colony in the world – more than 1300 pairs! Greylag Geese. Dalmatian and White Pelicans (White = the black ones). Have you heard of it?

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Greece Pelicans Geese Breeding 252

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

With shore side access limited to the northern end of the lake, that protection allows for a large population of water based birds. The first was the presence of 10-12 American White Pelicans. Back in the late 1970’s, I was stationed there, working for the U.S. Forest Service, on a forest fire crew. It was good to be back!

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Dogs Mules Deer Oregon 105

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

PCBs have been banned by the Environmental Protection Agency since the 1970s, but due to their chemical makeup, can persist in the environment for many years. I think the modified Clark’s Nutcracker looks pretty rad, but the American White Pelican is a major bummer.

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United States Colorado Virginia Pelicans 105

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Brown Pelicans , and the northernmost Brown Booby breeding colony on this side of the Pacific. Ringer Anhingas and darters , cormorants and shags , frigatebirds , gannets and boobies , pelicans , and the tropicbirds all share a characteristic found in no other living bird: Their feet are totipalmate. The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 155

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Units are located along both sides of the river and serve to protect and provide a wide variety of riparian habitats for birds, fish, and other wildlife.” It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 145

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The next morning is for the Kerkini Lake, one of the youngest national parks of Greece, protected only ten years ago, in 2006 and inhabited by 11 amphibian, 27 reptilian, 44 mammal and 312 bird species. Among them are Dalmatian Pelicans , so big and lazy. Going even lower, we add a Cirl Bunting and a Syrian Woodpecker.

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Greece Woodpeckers Boars Eagles 257

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2014

The view from Sayer Road used to be very open and offered little protection many years ago and we contributed to the planting of small native trees in 1998 when we lived in Palmerston. There were good numbers of Green Pygmy-geese, Comb-crested Jacana, Great and Intermediate Egrets, Magpie Geese and a family of Black-necked Storks.

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Geese Pelicans Ducks Hunting 163