10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2016

Two more sparrows on the macadam ahead of me… In my early birding days, I would simply assume that they are sparrows, possibly not even taking another look at them, but now I am too old to be so naive. Cover photo: Ortolan Bunting in the Danube Delta, Romania, by Andrej Chudy – Wikimedia Commons.

Romania 137

Romania Sparrows Battery Turtles 137

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2017

Once upon a time, this narrow forest track was the main international road to Romania, but, back then, Romania was a country behind the curtain and perhaps there wasn’t that much traffic? One threatened European Turtle Dove takes flight from a roadside hedge. European Turtle Dove – Streptopelia turtur.

Romania 124

Romania Serbia Turtles Blackbirds 124

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2014

The national park ranges some 100 km in length along the right bank of the Danube (the left bank is in Romania), where the river varies in width from 5 km / 3 mi to only 150 m / 500 ft and the mountains rise up to 800 m / 2600 ft a.s.l. The Woodchat Shrike, Boljetin, June 2014.

Serbia 194

Serbia Turtles Birds Eagles 194