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<blockquote data-quote="Penny Clarke" data-source="post: 1239767" data-attributes="member: 40022"><p><span style="color: Red"><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Wednesday 14th May</strong></span></span></p><p></p><p><strong>Skala Kalloni and Saltpans</strong></p><p></p><p>We left at 8.10am to spend the last full day in <strong><em>Skala Kalloni</em></strong>. Today was the first time it started off overcast, but it was still warm. We started off at the <strong><em>West River</em></strong> arriving at 9am - here we had <strong>corn bunting</strong>, <strong>black headed wagtail</strong>, <strong>kentish plover</strong>, <strong>purple heron</strong>, <strong>common terns</strong> and a <strong>cuckoo</strong>.</p><p></p><p>We heard from other birders that the <strong>rose coloured starlings</strong> had arrived and had been seen in the trees of a house/garden nearby - so we drove to where this was and I got out of the car to squat down and look through some gaps of the trees that lined the said garden. I shot back into the car like grease lightening as a massive alsation came bounding out, growling out at me ferociously. Pete said it was the quickest he had ever seen me move! We then had a quick look at <strong><em>Skala Kalloni</em></strong> beach where a naked man was doing his morning exercises!!!</p><p></p><p>After that unexpected incident! we moved on quickly to <strong><em>East River</em></strong> where we saw <strong>3 ringed plovers, wood sandpipers, bee eaters, nightingale, crested larks, red backed shrike</strong> and a <strong>black stork</strong> right in front of us walking along in the river bed and also <strong>2 squacco herons</strong> (11.45am). Then we had a fantastic sight of <strong>24 Rose coloured Starlings</strong> fly over our heads and landed into a Mulberry Tree (<em>see pic</em>)!!! Also we then had a <strong>little ringed plover</strong>, <strong>olivaceous warbler</strong> and about <strong>30 little stints</strong> and 2 <strong>temmincks stints</strong>. At one time there was a tree with both <strong>rose coloured starlings and bee eaters in together</strong>! I photographed a bee eater sitting on a fence (see first day pics). An <strong>Alpine swift</strong> was flying about too.</p><p></p><p>We then decided to go out to lunch at a very very nice cafe/bar in the main central square (<em>see pic with dishy Greek owner!</em>) and we sat outside and I had a greek vegetarian omelette and the best olive bread I have eaten anywhere. A <strong>house sparrow</strong> sat on my seat next to me in hope of bread crumbs (he didn’t get many!) It was lovely sitting here and it was a good people watching place. We took some pictures on the quay (<em>see pics</em>) and then moved on to the <strong><em>Kalloni II Hotel</em></strong> where we added some bird notes to the log book in reception. I bought a bee eater teashirt form here.</p><p></p><p>We then went to the saltpans where there were loads of <strong>black winged stilts</strong> and <strong>avocets</strong> (4.15pm). Along the long straight road by the hide we watched <strong>9 Red Footed Falcons</strong> perched on the wires and on the saltpans were <strong>2 stone curlews</strong>, <strong>183 flamingoes</strong> (Graham counted these) (see flight shots on day one posting) 1 <strong>White Stork</strong> walking about near the road side, but I couldn’t get a good shot of this as it was half behind long wavering grass, <strong>3 whiskered terns, 1 white winged black tern, 5 ringed plovers, 7 grey plovers, 1 med gull, 1 greenshank</strong>, a <strong>turnstone</strong> and a <strong>cormorant</strong>. We then went to have a look in the ‘Sheep Field’ where we saw <strong>6 Kentish Plovers</strong>, lots of <strong>crested larks</strong> and <strong>3 Collared Pratincoles</strong> and then we had something spectacular - an <strong>AUDOUIN'S GULL</strong> flew over the saltpans!!! After Pete had calmed down from seeing this, with as he put it ‘a stonking great red bill’ we then went to look in the hide on the other side of the saltpans on the main road where we saw a <strong>bar tailed godwit</strong> along with the usual <strong>black winged stilts, avocets, wood sandpipers</strong> and <strong>flamingoes</strong> distantly. It was now raining for the first time since we had arrived.</p><p></p><p>We went back to the apartments and went to eat at <strong><em>Tropicana</em></strong> restaurant and had a spectacular evening meal washed down with more Ouzo! I took several photos of the sad stray cats who come into the restaurants when they see people sitting down, in desperate hope that someone might drop them some scraps. We did feed them every time we went out to eat and they will eat literally anything including garlic bread! - poor things. When we got back to the apartments we packed most things up ready to go tomorrow.</p><p></p><p><em>Pic 1. Rose Starling. Pic 2. Owner of restaurant at Skala Kalloni. Pic 3. Skala Kalloni Harbour. Pic 4. Skala Kalloni Harbour. Pic 5. Skala Kalloni Harbour.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Penny Clarke, post: 1239767, member: 40022"] [COLOR="Red"][SIZE="4"][B]Wednesday 14th May[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR] [B]Skala Kalloni and Saltpans[/B] We left at 8.10am to spend the last full day in [B][I]Skala Kalloni[/I][/B]. Today was the first time it started off overcast, but it was still warm. We started off at the [B][I]West River[/I][/B] arriving at 9am - here we had [B]corn bunting[/B], [B]black headed wagtail[/B], [B]kentish plover[/B], [B]purple heron[/B], [B]common terns[/B] and a [B]cuckoo[/B]. We heard from other birders that the [B]rose coloured starlings[/B] had arrived and had been seen in the trees of a house/garden nearby - so we drove to where this was and I got out of the car to squat down and look through some gaps of the trees that lined the said garden. I shot back into the car like grease lightening as a massive alsation came bounding out, growling out at me ferociously. Pete said it was the quickest he had ever seen me move! We then had a quick look at [B][I]Skala Kalloni[/I][/B] beach where a naked man was doing his morning exercises!!! After that unexpected incident! we moved on quickly to [B][I]East River[/I][/B] where we saw [B]3 ringed plovers, wood sandpipers, bee eaters, nightingale, crested larks, red backed shrike[/B] and a [B]black stork[/B] right in front of us walking along in the river bed and also [B]2 squacco herons[/B] (11.45am). Then we had a fantastic sight of [B]24 Rose coloured Starlings[/B] fly over our heads and landed into a Mulberry Tree ([I]see pic[/I])!!! Also we then had a [B]little ringed plover[/B], [B]olivaceous warbler[/B] and about [B]30 little stints[/B] and 2 [B]temmincks stints[/B]. At one time there was a tree with both [B]rose coloured starlings and bee eaters in together[/B]! I photographed a bee eater sitting on a fence (see first day pics). An [B]Alpine swift[/B] was flying about too. We then decided to go out to lunch at a very very nice cafe/bar in the main central square ([I]see pic with dishy Greek owner![/I]) and we sat outside and I had a greek vegetarian omelette and the best olive bread I have eaten anywhere. A [B]house sparrow[/B] sat on my seat next to me in hope of bread crumbs (he didn’t get many!) It was lovely sitting here and it was a good people watching place. We took some pictures on the quay ([I]see pics[/I]) and then moved on to the [B][I]Kalloni II Hotel[/I][/B] where we added some bird notes to the log book in reception. I bought a bee eater teashirt form here. We then went to the saltpans where there were loads of [B]black winged stilts[/B] and [B]avocets[/B] (4.15pm). Along the long straight road by the hide we watched [B]9 Red Footed Falcons[/B] perched on the wires and on the saltpans were [B]2 stone curlews[/B], [B]183 flamingoes[/B] (Graham counted these) (see flight shots on day one posting) 1 [B]White Stork[/B] walking about near the road side, but I couldn’t get a good shot of this as it was half behind long wavering grass, [B]3 whiskered terns, 1 white winged black tern, 5 ringed plovers, 7 grey plovers, 1 med gull, 1 greenshank[/B], a [B]turnstone[/B] and a [B]cormorant[/B]. We then went to have a look in the ‘Sheep Field’ where we saw [B]6 Kentish Plovers[/B], lots of [B]crested larks[/B] and [B]3 Collared Pratincoles[/B] and then we had something spectacular - an [B]AUDOUIN'S GULL[/B] flew over the saltpans!!! After Pete had calmed down from seeing this, with as he put it ‘a stonking great red bill’ we then went to look in the hide on the other side of the saltpans on the main road where we saw a [B]bar tailed godwit[/B] along with the usual [B]black winged stilts, avocets, wood sandpipers[/B] and [B]flamingoes[/B] distantly. It was now raining for the first time since we had arrived. We went back to the apartments and went to eat at [B][I]Tropicana[/I][/B] restaurant and had a spectacular evening meal washed down with more Ouzo! I took several photos of the sad stray cats who come into the restaurants when they see people sitting down, in desperate hope that someone might drop them some scraps. We did feed them every time we went out to eat and they will eat literally anything including garlic bread! - poor things. When we got back to the apartments we packed most things up ready to go tomorrow. [I]Pic 1. Rose Starling. Pic 2. Owner of restaurant at Skala Kalloni. Pic 3. Skala Kalloni Harbour. Pic 4. Skala Kalloni Harbour. Pic 5. Skala Kalloni Harbour.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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