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The great green Caribbean lowlands – Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Watching my first Brown Pelicans , I am inhaling deeply and commenting to Sergio Arias how strong the scent is. Or a mammal. The only difference in the next 8 days will be an earlier wakeup call, at 4.20, but coming from Europe and suffering from jet lag, it wasn’t as bad as it sounds. Or even those pooie reptiles.

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The Kerkini Lake, Greece: Dipped One, Got One

10,000 Birds

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. I opt for the bird richest section of the lake, visible from the eastern dyke.

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