A Balkan Top Ten
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 8, 2024
Take a quick look at the breeding distribution of European birds and you will see that there are a surprising number of species that are restricted to the Balkans.
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Prespa Lakes National Park, Greece: the largest Dalmatian Pelican colony in the world
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2015
Add more than 350 pairs of White Pelicans to that picture, numerous herons and up to 700 pairs of Pygmy Cormorants breeding in the same reedbeds (cover photo)… It must be bursting with activity in spring, but I was there in mid-September. Hence, the smaller lake is frozen in winter, while the bigger one never freezes.
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