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<blockquote data-quote="Penny Clarke" data-source="post: 1239765" data-attributes="member: 40022"><p><span style="color: Red"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Tuesday 13th May</strong></span></span></p><p></p><p><strong>Kalloni Upper East River and Napi Valley</strong></p><p></p><p>We left at 8.15am to go to the Rupelle’s Warbler site which is in a layby north of <strong><em>Petra</em></strong>, (the Amphitheatre site) the next village to Anaxos where we were staying. It was like being at Titchwell here, there were lots of birders and a coach too! We had brilliant views in the sunshine of <strong>Orphean Warbler</strong> and <strong>Rupelle’s Warbler</strong> (<em>see pic</em>) and our best views so far of <strong>blue rock thrush</strong> on the far rocks silhouetted against the blue sea. Also here, <strong>black eared wheatear</strong>, <strong>black headed bunting</strong>, <strong>crag martin</strong> and <strong>turtle dove</strong>.</p><p></p><p>We left here to go an area <strong><em>east of Molyvos</em></strong> in hope of seeing a roller that had been sitting there on view all last night - (bother, bother, bother) (someone at Rupelle’s site had told us) ohhhhh do I wish they had pagers in Lesvos!!! AND also a great spotted cuckoo that favours the garden of a big yellow house near a dried up reservoir!!! The lads had got a bit tired of me going on about seeing a roller this week! We looked and hoped and waited, but alas neither were found. We did see a <strong>lesser grey shrike</strong> near the yellow house on wires though and <strong>1 cettis warble</strong>r, <strong>2 sub alpine warblers</strong> (10am) and a <strong>red rumped swallow</strong>.</p><p></p><p>We then made our way to the <strong><em>Napi Valley</em></strong> - the track we were looking for (for the olive tree warbler site) (after several discussions!) did not get found until MUCH later in the day and we went completely off track - BUT it did pay off as we found some more stonking birds! Anyway along our narrow very bumpy track, we heard that magical ‘hooooo poooe’ sound! yes you’ve guessed it - a <strong>Hoopoe</strong> (my first for many many years anywhere!) - in all its vivid black, white and salmon colours flying amongst the olive trees up a slope. In fact we had <strong>3 hoopoes</strong> (12.45pm) altogether in this area and also several <strong>bee eaters</strong> - there were lots of bee hives here! I got some spectacular shots of a <strong>hoopoe</strong> sitting on a dead tree round a sharp corner (<em>see pic</em>). 4 rock nuthatches were playing by a dry stone wall in a meadow and our first <strong>Middle Spotted Woodpecker</strong> (Pete spotted) paraded on a tree trunk for us (1.15pm), also <strong>spotted flycatcher</strong>, <strong>persian squirrel </strong>(<em>see pic</em>) and a <strong>sparrowhawk</strong>. We continued along this track which was deteriating all the time and we felt like The Flintstones! We came to a very pretty spot with bridge and fast running river (<em>see pic</em>) and olive grooves, so we stopped here to have lunch. Parked the car by some shade and sat and had our lunch. Coudn’t believe it when I spotted a <strong>baby tortoise</strong> was slowly walking over some small rocks next to us (see pic). We all went off for half an hour by ourselves and I followed a farm track up hill and photographed a <strong>cricket</strong> and a <strong>powder blue coloured dragonfly</strong>. I also saw a <strong>hooded crow</strong> and a <strong>black eared wheatear</strong>. We left here and had to return on the same track to get back to the main road and then found our track that we had wanted several hours ago, but never mind we had seen some fantastic birds.</p><p></p><p>After leaving <strong><em>Napi</em></strong> we should have followed the road north and taken a turn off sharp right (almost back on itself) just after the radio mast track on the left. As soon as we turned off we came to a farm building with <strong>2 little owls</strong> sitting on the roof! We drove to the first cattle grid and parked the car. Some hardcore/twitcher/birders we spoke to had not seen any olive tree warblers - they then left. We walked along the track up hill and walked 100 metres past the next cattle grid to a big sweeping left bend and we sat here overlooking oaks and olives in hope of an olive tree warbler. At 5.30pm I spotted the big head of the <strong>Olive Tree Warbler</strong> pop out of a bush and show itself long enough to ID - Glyn and Pete saw it too, but Graham sadly couldn't pick up on it before it disappeared from view. We sat and waited for ages in hope that Graham could see it too but it wasn’t to be. A <strong>cuckoo</strong> called at 5.40pm. <strong>Alpine swifts</strong> flew by and a <strong>hoopoe</strong> flashed by amongst the olive trees! (6pm). Also here, <strong>Cretzschmar's bunting</strong>, <strong>heron</strong>, <strong>cirl buntings</strong>, <strong>red backed shrike</strong> and a <strong>masked shrike</strong> sat proudly on the top of a tree for quite a while.</p><p></p><p>We got back home at 8.45pm. The lads went out to dinner, but I decided to stay in the apartment and had some bread and cheese sandwiches in bed while writing diary.</p><p></p><p><em>Pic 1. Rupelle's Warbler. Pic 2. The Yellow house near Molyvos (favoured GS Cuckoo). Pic 3. Hoopoe. Pic 4. Hoopoe. Pic 5. Lizard.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Penny Clarke, post: 1239765, member: 40022"] [COLOR="Red"][SIZE="4"][B]Tuesday 13th May[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR] [B]Kalloni Upper East River and Napi Valley[/B] We left at 8.15am to go to the Rupelle’s Warbler site which is in a layby north of [B][I]Petra[/I][/B], (the Amphitheatre site) the next village to Anaxos where we were staying. It was like being at Titchwell here, there were lots of birders and a coach too! We had brilliant views in the sunshine of [B]Orphean Warbler[/B] and [B]Rupelle’s Warbler[/B] ([I]see pic[/I]) and our best views so far of [B]blue rock thrush[/B] on the far rocks silhouetted against the blue sea. Also here, [B]black eared wheatear[/B], [B]black headed bunting[/B], [B]crag martin[/B] and [B]turtle dove[/B]. We left here to go an area [B][I]east of Molyvos[/I][/B] in hope of seeing a roller that had been sitting there on view all last night - (bother, bother, bother) (someone at Rupelle’s site had told us) ohhhhh do I wish they had pagers in Lesvos!!! AND also a great spotted cuckoo that favours the garden of a big yellow house near a dried up reservoir!!! The lads had got a bit tired of me going on about seeing a roller this week! We looked and hoped and waited, but alas neither were found. We did see a [B]lesser grey shrike[/B] near the yellow house on wires though and [B]1 cettis warble[/B]r, [B]2 sub alpine warblers[/B] (10am) and a [B]red rumped swallow[/B]. We then made our way to the [B][I]Napi Valley[/I][/B] - the track we were looking for (for the olive tree warbler site) (after several discussions!) did not get found until MUCH later in the day and we went completely off track - BUT it did pay off as we found some more stonking birds! Anyway along our narrow very bumpy track, we heard that magical ‘hooooo poooe’ sound! yes you’ve guessed it - a [B]Hoopoe[/B] (my first for many many years anywhere!) - in all its vivid black, white and salmon colours flying amongst the olive trees up a slope. In fact we had [B]3 hoopoes[/B] (12.45pm) altogether in this area and also several [B]bee eaters[/B] - there were lots of bee hives here! I got some spectacular shots of a [B]hoopoe[/B] sitting on a dead tree round a sharp corner ([I]see pic[/I]). 4 rock nuthatches were playing by a dry stone wall in a meadow and our first [B]Middle Spotted Woodpecker[/B] (Pete spotted) paraded on a tree trunk for us (1.15pm), also [B]spotted flycatcher[/B], [B]persian squirrel [/B]([I]see pic[/I]) and a [B]sparrowhawk[/B]. We continued along this track which was deteriating all the time and we felt like The Flintstones! We came to a very pretty spot with bridge and fast running river ([I]see pic[/I]) and olive grooves, so we stopped here to have lunch. Parked the car by some shade and sat and had our lunch. Coudn’t believe it when I spotted a [B]baby tortoise[/B] was slowly walking over some small rocks next to us (see pic). We all went off for half an hour by ourselves and I followed a farm track up hill and photographed a [B]cricket[/B] and a [B]powder blue coloured dragonfly[/B]. I also saw a [B]hooded crow[/B] and a [B]black eared wheatear[/B]. We left here and had to return on the same track to get back to the main road and then found our track that we had wanted several hours ago, but never mind we had seen some fantastic birds. After leaving [B][I]Napi[/I][/B] we should have followed the road north and taken a turn off sharp right (almost back on itself) just after the radio mast track on the left. As soon as we turned off we came to a farm building with [B]2 little owls[/B] sitting on the roof! We drove to the first cattle grid and parked the car. Some hardcore/twitcher/birders we spoke to had not seen any olive tree warblers - they then left. We walked along the track up hill and walked 100 metres past the next cattle grid to a big sweeping left bend and we sat here overlooking oaks and olives in hope of an olive tree warbler. At 5.30pm I spotted the big head of the [B]Olive Tree Warbler[/B] pop out of a bush and show itself long enough to ID - Glyn and Pete saw it too, but Graham sadly couldn't pick up on it before it disappeared from view. We sat and waited for ages in hope that Graham could see it too but it wasn’t to be. A [B]cuckoo[/B] called at 5.40pm. [B]Alpine swifts[/B] flew by and a [B]hoopoe[/B] flashed by amongst the olive trees! (6pm). Also here, [B]Cretzschmar's bunting[/B], [B]heron[/B], [B]cirl buntings[/B], [B]red backed shrike[/B] and a [B]masked shrike[/B] sat proudly on the top of a tree for quite a while. We got back home at 8.45pm. The lads went out to dinner, but I decided to stay in the apartment and had some bread and cheese sandwiches in bed while writing diary. [I]Pic 1. Rupelle's Warbler. Pic 2. The Yellow house near Molyvos (favoured GS Cuckoo). Pic 3. Hoopoe. Pic 4. Hoopoe. Pic 5. Lizard.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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