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Cyprus Delights – Part III

10,000 Birds

However, my current favourite member of the family Cucilidae is the Great Spotted Cuckoo (GSC), a common bird in Cyprus in spring. Great Spotted Cuckoos really do have spots The GSC is a classic cuckoo in that it is a brood parasite: on Cyprus the Magpie is its favourite host. Cyprus is one of those places where anything can turn up.

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Enjoying the Orange Peril

10,000 Birds

This Ctretzchmar’s Bunting was digiscoped in Cyprus Digiscoping is a remarkably effective way of photographing distant birds, while the success of my photography reflected the sharpness of the Swarovski scope. However, it does have its disadvantages, chief of which is the difficulty of photographing flying birds.

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