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| Biograd na Moru - "white town on the sea" - our first stop on the birding tour |
Biograd harbor |
![]() Rooting for the "home" team (it's either Hajduk Split, or Dinamo Zagreb...I'll go with Split) |
On the island of Pag, looking for the elusive rock partridge |
![]() Rock partridge (photo by Richard Bartz) |
At Veliko Blato (big marsh) on Pag |
Grey heron |
Griffon vulture - impressive bird close-up |
| Kolanjsko Blato - another marsh |
Overview on Pag |
Do stop...or you'll be going a long way down |
Bridge connecting the mainland to Pag |
| Beautiful poppies |
Birding the rocky Mednjača canyon |
...where we saw this guy, a Blue rock-thrush (photo by Dinis Cortes) |
![]() Rock nuthatch (photo by Devonpike) |
| Like dandelions, only lavender |
Butterfly |
Hoopoe - one of my favorite European birds |
Park Pirode Vransko Jezero |
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Panorama from the overlook |
Chapel at the overlook |
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| Beautiful day there |
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Down to the bird banding station...in the marshy grasslands |
ribbit |
| Robert enjoying the view from the tower |
Birding the road edge |
Good cisticola habitat... |
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| Sitting in the tall grass |
We certainly wouldn't do this at home...but here...no bugs! |
Concluding the day back in Biograd with some bijela kava and gelato |
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