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Continue reading →: Pygmy Cormorant, February 19, 2019I had this Pygmy Cormorant (Microcabro pygmeus) fly over me yesterday (19/2) at Dipi-Larsos reedbed, by Gera Gulf. Also seen a single bird (have a more distant photo than this) on 11/2. First, distant impression: a briskly flying, beak-less Cormorant! I make stops everytime I pass from there in search…
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Continue reading →: Very first Spring arrivals! February 20, 2019The first 5 HOUSE MARTINS (Delichon urbicum) were recorded on 18/2 in Pamfila village (by Eleftheria Pavli) and the very first BARN SWALLOWS (Hirundo rustica) to return to their nest were recorded in Haramida (by house owner Elpa Spathari). The feature photo is part of a 550-600 MEDITERRANEAN GULLS (Ichthyaetus…
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Continue reading →: The famous Black Stork, January 23, 2019On the 2nd of January, Petros Tsakmakis photographed a Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) with a plastic ring in the Polichnitos Salt Pans. After making contact with the Ukranian programme for that species (through cr-birding) we got the life history of the bird in just one day! It was a female…
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