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Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

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Below legal size for humans is still legal for pelicans. While there is only one hotel relying entirely on birders [his “Limneo”], in the peak season [late April – early May] ten more hotels had birding groups. Over time, an unusual bond of mutual likeliness was created. I know that because they did their lake tours with me.

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Birding Shanghai in November 2022

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I may have said this before, but thrushes always remind me a bit of German housewives – robust and reliable, but not particularly graceful (there is a reason I live in China and not in Germany). This certainly applies to the relatively featureless Pale Thrush , which basically lives up to its unpromising name rather well.

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