{"id":2058273,"date":"2019-04-23T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?guid=dfb0f36781c84062d6ce710452d5b5ff"},"modified":"2019-12-23T01:43:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T12:43:55","slug":"day-and-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/day-and-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Day and night"},"content":{"rendered":"

What an excellent day this was. In the morning I checked Baths of Aphrodite, mainly inside the caravan park. It was alive with migrants – not huge numbers on the ground but cool stuff and some cooperative birds. Highlights were Barred Warbler, 6 Collared Flycatchers, 5 Wood Warblers, and good movement of hirundines out towards Akamas Peninsule.<\/p>\n

I assume from there next stop is SW Turkey. It’s a lovely site – backdrop against the sea, Cyprus Junipers on the steep slopes – really enjoyable.<\/p>\n

Collared Flycatchers – all 2cy males<\/p>\n

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Wonderful Warbler<\/p>\n

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Whinchat – female<\/p>\n

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Whinchat – male<\/p>\n

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Spotted Flycatcher<\/p>\n

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Several pairs of Cyprus Wheatear breed at the caravan park. Check out this neat male:<\/p>\n

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I was wondering whether their niche extends down to the coast – well it does:<\/p>\n

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In the afternoon we did a family walk in Paphos Forest, mainly around the Mouflon enclosure at Stavros tis Psokas and nearby Selladi Tou Stavrou. Beautiful scenery but I think that the cold weather reduced bird activity. Two out of three target subspecies were seen: Cyprus Coal Tits were quite active but never descended from treetops; a couple of dorotheae Short-toed Treecreepers showed quite well by the cafe at Stavros tis Psokas; no sign of crossbills.<\/p>\n

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Anatolian Orchid<\/p>\n

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Red Admiral<\/p>\n

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In the evening, back at our accommodation, Cyprus Scops Owl became very vocal after dusk. One individual sat on our chimney and sang so beautifully. I sound-recorded him from the living room through the fire place – quite cool…<\/p>\n

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