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Birdwatching in Northern Greece by Steve Mills: Third Edition

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If you’ve birded in Spain, possibly more than once, and are considering another Mediterranean country to quench your thirst, look to the east. There is one more reason to take my hat off: all funds raised from selling the books go directly towards bird protection projects in Greece. Now you know which guide you really want.

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An Animal Welfare First in Spain

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Nacho Paunero, President of El Refugio, notes that this is the first time in Spain that someone has been fined for abandoning their animal at the doors of a refuge. He considers it a step forward in the protection of animals in Spain. Tags: spain dogs.

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The return of the Old Man

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Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World states that “disturbance by local people, tourists, and egg and zoo collectors has similarly reduced the colonies, and more protection is vital”. Conservation efforts have been sufficiently successful for the bird’s status to be downlisted, in 2018, from Critically Endangered to Endangered.

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White Storks Everywhere

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So, yes, it was Spain. Specifically, rural northwestern Spain, at various points along the Camino de Santiago, an ancient pilgrimage route to the supposed burial place of Saint James the apostle and, before that, to the westernmost point in continental Europe, the supposed End of the Earth, the Finis Terra.

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Birding News from Costa Rica at the Start of the Pandemic

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Too many cases in Spain and the USA, if more people bring the virus to Costa Rica, our health system could be overrun in days. Although it would have been nice to go birding in them, most of us are just staying home anyways and it’s better to protect the health of park employees in any case.

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The Caroni Swamp Scarlet Ibis Show

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Just south of Port of Spain on the west coast of Trinidad, the Caroni Swamp is easily accessible and well serviced by tour companies that will take you out into the mangroves safely and efficiently. What’s not to like about big, bright red, big-beaked, birds? Nothing, that’s what. But it wasn’t always this way.

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Lisbon is pretty crazy

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This is a fake viper But although the complex water systems would naturally dominate one’s birding thoughts in the area, ever since visiting Extremadura in Spain a few times over the last years, I have fallen in love with the Oak Dehesas (open woodlands). I was giddy like a child. This is one seriously beautiful and moving habitat!

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