| Nikos News October 2010 Photo by and © Nikos Samaritakis |
| 2nd HOPE YOU'RE ALL OK! VERY QUIET HERE, NO MUCH BIRDING,NOT MANY BIRDS EITHER...BRITISH WEATHER ON CRETE, FEW GAPS AMONG THE CLOUDS... NO GOOD FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.. AT MORONIS...2 KINGFISHER, A LITTLE EGRET,A COMMON SANDPIPER AND THE GREENSHANK... AT AGYIA...2 BUZZARD, ELEONORA'S, A GLOSSY IBIS (WHITE FOREHEAD AND THROAT!), LITTLE EGRET, 3 GREY HERON, SNIPE, COMMON AND WOOD SANDPIPERS (FEW), TEAL 10+, FERRUGINOUS 10+, SHOVELER 10+, POCHARD 5-,TUFTED DUCK, COOTS, MOORHENS AND GREBES...
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| 3rd OMALOS AND AGYIA TODAY BUT NO THRILLS...SEVERAL GRIFFONS TOWARDS KALLERGI,3 BUZZARDS,KESTREL,CHOUGHS,RAVENS,JAYS,ROCK PIGEONS,WHINCHATS,STONECHATS,REDSTART,HONEY BUZZARD?,SARDINIAN,RED-BACKED SHRIKE,MEADOW PIPITS,N.WHEATEAR,BLUE TIT,BLACKBIRD,CHAFFINCHES AND MANY GOLDFINCHES,CRAG MARTINS,CROWS,ETC.NO WATER, MUCH EXCAVATION UNDER WAY...AT AGYIA A REDSHANK AND 2 HARRIERS TO ADD...
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| 10th Ayia
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| 14th SOUTH WINDS AND DUST FINALLY WEAKEN AND NOW WEATHER SEEMS TO COME FROM THE WEST... LITTLE STUFF AT MORONIS BUT MORE THAN DURING SUMMER... 2 LITTLE EGRET,A SQUACCO,BUZZARD,MOORHEN,GREENSHANK,REDSHANK,2 COMMON SANDPIPERS,2 KINGFISHERS,2 YELLOW-LEGGED GULLS, ETC...
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| 16th: Moronis A PALE BOOTED EAGLE CIRCLED AT GREAT HEIGHT AND LATER ON A BUZZARD AND A FALCON (POSSIBLY PEREGRINE)...THEN OUT OF NOWHERE...OSPREY!CIRCLED,DIVED,MISSED,SAT ON POWER POLE AND THEN WAS DRIVEN AWAY BY CROWS...MANAGED SOME PICS BUT WAS ALSO PRAYING FOR THE CLOUDS TO OPEN AND MY HANDS TO STOP SHAKING! WHAT A THRILL! |
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| Κοκκινοσκέλης
- Tringa
totanus - Redshank |
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| Ψαραετός
- Pandion
haliaetus - Osprey |
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| Ψαραετός
- Pandion
haliaetus - Osprey & Κουρούνα
- Corvus
corone
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Hooded Crow |
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| Σταχτοτσικνιάς
- Ardea
cinerea
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Grey Heron |
| 30th Ayia |
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| Καλημάνα - Vanellus vanellus - Lapwing |
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| Κιρκίρι
- Anas crecca - Teal - Male entering winter plumage |
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| Χουλιαρόπαπια
- Anas
clypeata
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Shoveler |
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| Σταυραετός
- Hieraaetus
pennatus - Booted Eagle |
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