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Dag 6: Soufli Municipality, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace

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We start the day with a vulture feeding ground, where we can see Black Vultures. That turns out to be true, but there is no feeding today. In fact, feeding is only done once a week anymore. The vultures don't understand it yet either. The vultures are doing well, so well that they can provide their own food. The feeding ground is in the Dadia forest, but unfortunately a very large area was burned in the park in 2023. We see few or no forest birds.

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<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/emberizidae/emberiza hortulana/emberiza hortulana-en.html">Emberiza hortulana</a> / Ortolan bunting / Ortolaan</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 4000, distance 34.8 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/laniidae/lanius collurio/lanius collurio-en.html">Lanius collurio</a> / Red‑backed shrike / Grauwe klauwier</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 4000, distance 21.8 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/accipitriformes/accipitridae/aegypius monachus/aegypius monachus-en.html">Aegypius monachus</a> / Cinereous vulture / Monniksgier</h3><p>Besides the black vultures, there are also two Egyptian vultures.</p>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 1600, distance 311 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/alaudidae/calandrella brachydactyla/calandrella brachydactyla-en.html">Calandrella brachydactyla</a> / Greater short‑toed lark / Kortteenleeuwerik</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 500, distance 56.4 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/plantae/tracheophyta/liliopsida/asparagales/iridaceae/iris reichenbachii/iris reichenbachii-en.html">Iris reichenbachii</a> /  / </h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5 TC, 1/2000 sec at F5.6, ISO 4000, distance 4.82 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/lepidoptera/nymphalidae/melitaea cinxia/melitaea cinxia-en.html">Melitaea cinxia</a> / Glanville fritillary / Veldparelmoervlinder</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 200, distance 8.45 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/emberizidae/emberiza melanocephala/emberiza melanocephala-en.html">Emberiza melanocephala</a> / Black‑headed bunting / Zwartkopgors</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 1000, distance 51.9 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/lepidoptera/papilionidae/iphiclides podalirius/iphiclides podalirius-en.html">Iphiclides podalirius</a> / Scarce swallowtail / Koningspage</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 1000, distance 3.77 m
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/motacillidae/motacilla flava feldegg/motacilla flava feldegg-en.html">Motacilla flava feldegg</a> / Western yellow wagtail (ssp feldegg) / Gele kwikstaart (ssp feldegg)</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 320, distance 15.3 m
<h3>Wildfires in Dadia forest</h3><p>In 2023, 90,000 hectares of forest were lost in Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli National Park. It is an unimaginably large area. Consequently, the promised forest birds were not there.</p>Apple with iPhone 16 Pro back triple camera 6.765mm f/1.78, 1/6536 sec at F1.8, ISO 64
<h3>Burn as far as the eye can see</h3><p>Mountain after mountain, there are only tree stumps, right up to the mountaintops.</p>Apple with iPhone 16 Pro back triple camera 6.765mm f/1.78, 1/8130 sec at F1.8, ISO 80
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/hemiptera/pentatomidae/eurydema ornata/eurydema ornata-en.html">Eurydema ornata</a> /  / Sierlijke schildwants</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 1250, distance 1.91 m
<h3>Abandoned American listening post</h3><p>We are going to various abandoned American military sites. In my eyes, the watchtowers are distinctive, even on a mountaintop.</p>Apple with iPhone 16 Pro back triple camera 2.22mm f/2.2, 1/2841 sec at F2.2, ISO 50
<h3><a href="/trips/Greece/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/muscicapidae/monticola solitarius/monticola solitarius-en.html">Monticola solitarius</a> / Blue rock thrush / Blauwe rotslijster</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.150-400mm F4.5, 1/2000 sec at F4.5, ISO 200, distance 26.1 m

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