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After an early morning out on Lake Kerkini photographing pelicans, the afternoon turns into a gentler wild bird photography session along the embankment near the village in Greece. The heat of the day keeps most birds quiet, but a Woodchat Shrike suddenly appears, followed by a Red-backed Shrike and then another adult Woodchat Shrike with its juvenile. It is a slower, more patient kind of birdwatching, with the camera working around branches, shrubs, and the changing light.

There is also a hopeful scan of the fig trees for a Golden Oriole, plus a brief glimpse of what may be a juvenile Cuckoo hiding in the undergrowth. By the end of the drive, a Little Owl rounds off the day before the journey back to the village. It is a relaxed nature travel video with field notes, wildlife observation, and close encounters with small birds in the Greek countryside.

Ideal for viewers who enjoy bird photography, birdwatching in Greece, wildlife spotting, and nature documentary style travel footage. This Lake Kerkini birding video also fits searches for shrikes, Woodchat Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Little Owl, and quiet outdoor wildlife viewing.

For more Greek wildlife, bird photography, and relaxing nature observation, this Lake Kerkini birdwatching video offers a calm field session with shrikes, a possible cuckoo, and an owl at dusk. A good watch for fans of nature ambience, wildlife travel, and birding in Greece.

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00:04I've just come up for a little drive this afternoon after this morning's
00:13exertions getting up so early to get out onto the Lake Delta to photograph the
00:17pelicans and I'm just driving along the embankment near to Kokimi village just to
00:24see what I might spot if anything in the heat of the day it's it's not easy to
00:30spot that much it seems that most most birds are fairly quiet but I just
00:37spotted a woodchart shrike I didn't manage to get a decent shot because he
00:41was where he was perched it was right behind all the twigs and everything so
00:45those were all in the way not making a very clean shot but it's a beautiful
00:51little bird and it's lovely to see them I'm just going to move forward because he
00:57flew back to another one of these
01:03shrubs behind me it seems to be his little territory so I hang around he should
01:30see if I can get any better photos and video of him because he's a beautiful little bird I'd love
01:38for you to see him so I'll check back with you in a bit hopefully with some decent
01:42images of the woodchart shrike
01:44so that was fantastic the little woodchart shrike he sat on top of this on a bear shrub on the
01:58topmost branch
01:59it's gave me a clean shot fairly distant but still a nice shot I think and I think I got
02:04a little bit of video of him as well so I'll be showing you that as well in a sec
02:16so I'll keep going around on the embankment here
02:22and see if I might spot anything else I'm really hoping I might see some golden
02:29aureole because there's so many fig trees and I love fig figs in fact in Greek they call them fig
02:35eaters
02:37golden aureoles so I would love to see one of them and maybe photograph it as well video it for
02:43you
02:44they're absolutely beautiful birds as well
02:49so I'll keep going and see what else I turn up catch up with you in a bit
02:55so it seems that today is my day for a shrike I just saw and photographed a redback shrike
03:02and I just placed on top of this crystal spinning tree here
03:08didn't manage to get any video of it but I got a couple of shots off and that was fantastic
03:13because
03:13it's another beautiful beautiful little bird
03:21I might hang here for a little bit because there's a fig tree opposite
03:25and there might be a chance of golden aureole if they visit
03:31so we'll and he might come back as well the shrike the redback shrike might come back
03:38so I'll hang here for a bit and see if I get lucky
03:43the redback shrike didn't come back yet but just in front of me on another tree
03:50were perched right at the top male and female would chat shrike so I got a couple of shots of
03:57them
03:58again no video it's sometimes it's too difficult just to switch over to video
04:05so but I hope you like the photos anyway so it's nice to see male and female together like that
04:11so that was cool I don't think anything is coming here so I'm gonna move down the track a little
04:17bit
04:17and see if I might spot anything else
04:20so I'm gonna do one more patrol along here along the embankment and see if I can find anything
04:32with the last light of the day and I'll be sure to show you if I do but in the
04:38meantime
04:40thanks again for watching and hopefully I'll be bringing you more videos from Greece on this trip
04:45I have a few more days to myself
04:49not at Kergini but I'm headed somewhere else hopefully that'll prove to be something special
04:55so yeah thank you again for watching
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