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Continue reading →: A rare pigeonAlan Troyer, a visiting birder from the US, photographed this Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis) in Panagiouda, just north of Mitilini, among Collared Doves. A rare-bird sighting form was sent to the Greek Rarities Committe for this sighting. The weather was very harsh the following days and none of the local…
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Continue reading →: A possible mega-rarity for Greece- and Europe!
With only a few (4?) previous records for Europe, a possible CRESTED (ORIENTAL) HONEY BUZZARD (Pernis ptilorhynchus), was spotted and photographed yesterday (2/5) by STELIOS ZANNETOS, a local avid birder -while performing his rodent surveying!!- just outside Mitilini (to the North, towards Alifanta village). Six visible fingers, profound tail bands,…
Lesvos island, Greece
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