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<blockquote data-quote="GiG" data-source="post: 3481241" data-attributes="member: 6690"><p><strong>11.05.2016</strong></p><p></p><p>Being at a new hotel, and so somewhere new to explore, we made another early morning walk. <strong>Scops Owl</strong> had been heard nearby during the night and <strong>Wryneck</strong> in the morning. Once outside, a surreal sight of a very close <strong>White Stork</strong> walking past the back gate in a field. The field also had <strong>Red-backed Shrike</strong> and <strong>Golden Oriole</strong>. Close to the hotel was the River Krumovitsa and we walked along an adjacent track with allotment plots then housing to one side. In a short area at least four <strong>Nightingales</strong> were singing and several more were encountered further down. Male and female <strong>Red-backed Shrikes</strong> were seen along with a <strong>Lesser Grey Shrike</strong>. <strong>Golden Orioles</strong> and <strong>Eastern Olivaceous Warblers</strong> were heard as was a <strong>Starling</strong> that came out with an array of calls and whistles including mimicking other bird species. One of the highlights was a very close <strong>Black Stork</strong> feeding in the river and a <strong>Green Sandpiper</strong> flew off down river. A video of the <a href="https://vimeo.com/190539011" target="_blank">Black Stork</a> in the river.</p><p></p><p>We all met back at the hotel for breakfast, then got ready to head out for the day, stopping off in the town to buy supplies at a local bakery for lunch including a large 3 litre bottle of water as the temperature had been hot and we needed to constantly top up our smaller water bottles. </p><p></p><p>Our first port of call was to a vulture feeding site. On the road heading towards the site we did see some <strong>Griffon Vultures</strong> overhead but were unable to stop to look at them although we did stop further along for to remove a tortoise to safety. Parking on a track at the site we walked through some trees, for an open vista across to some hills. We had <strong>Olive-tree Warbler</strong> singing in the nearby trees. On the hillside we could see the remains of some carcasses but with no attending vultures. We then did find some <strong>Griffon Vultures</strong> on a nearby rock-face with some others then flying over as well as a target bird for the holiday in a <strong>Levant Sparrowhawk</strong>. Further along in some hills a <strong>Golden Jackal</strong> was seen, at times mobbed by some <strong>Hooded Crows</strong>. Back down on the track we had good views of <strong>Eastern Subalpine Warbler</strong> and further along had another one along with a singing <strong>Barred Warbler</strong> that refused to show and <strong>Black-headed Bunting</strong> that did vey well. Butterflies in the area included <strong>Common Blue</strong>, <strong>Berger’s Clouded Yellow</strong> and some white species plus a number of plants such as <strong><em>Dianthus</em></strong> species. Further down the road <strong>Little Owl</strong> was seen in a building.</p><p></p><p>1.Black Stork</p><p>2.Nightingale</p><p>3.Vulture feeding site</p><p>4.Common Blue</p><p>5.Little Owl</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GiG, post: 3481241, member: 6690"] [B]11.05.2016[/B] Being at a new hotel, and so somewhere new to explore, we made another early morning walk. [B]Scops Owl[/B] had been heard nearby during the night and [B]Wryneck[/B] in the morning. Once outside, a surreal sight of a very close [B]White Stork[/B] walking past the back gate in a field. The field also had [B]Red-backed Shrike[/B] and [B]Golden Oriole[/B]. Close to the hotel was the River Krumovitsa and we walked along an adjacent track with allotment plots then housing to one side. In a short area at least four [B]Nightingales[/B] were singing and several more were encountered further down. Male and female [B]Red-backed Shrikes[/B] were seen along with a [B]Lesser Grey Shrike[/B]. [B]Golden Orioles[/B] and [B]Eastern Olivaceous Warblers[/B] were heard as was a [B]Starling[/B] that came out with an array of calls and whistles including mimicking other bird species. One of the highlights was a very close [B]Black Stork[/B] feeding in the river and a [B]Green Sandpiper[/B] flew off down river. A video of the [URL="https://vimeo.com/190539011"]Black Stork[/URL] in the river. We all met back at the hotel for breakfast, then got ready to head out for the day, stopping off in the town to buy supplies at a local bakery for lunch including a large 3 litre bottle of water as the temperature had been hot and we needed to constantly top up our smaller water bottles. Our first port of call was to a vulture feeding site. On the road heading towards the site we did see some [B]Griffon Vultures[/B] overhead but were unable to stop to look at them although we did stop further along for to remove a tortoise to safety. Parking on a track at the site we walked through some trees, for an open vista across to some hills. We had [B]Olive-tree Warbler[/B] singing in the nearby trees. On the hillside we could see the remains of some carcasses but with no attending vultures. We then did find some [B]Griffon Vultures[/B] on a nearby rock-face with some others then flying over as well as a target bird for the holiday in a [B]Levant Sparrowhawk[/B]. Further along in some hills a [B]Golden Jackal[/B] was seen, at times mobbed by some [B]Hooded Crows[/B]. Back down on the track we had good views of [B]Eastern Subalpine Warbler[/B] and further along had another one along with a singing [B]Barred Warbler[/B] that refused to show and [B]Black-headed Bunting[/B] that did vey well. Butterflies in the area included [B]Common Blue[/B], [B]Berger’s Clouded Yellow[/B] and some white species plus a number of plants such as [B][I]Dianthus[/I][/B] species. Further down the road [B]Little Owl[/B] was seen in a building. 1.Black Stork 2.Nightingale 3.Vulture feeding site 4.Common Blue 5.Little Owl [/QUOTE]
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