Slovakia – Day 3.

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Many people would think of owls and woodpeckers if they think of Slovakia bird trips.

We visited the Eye of the Sea, Morské oko, and walked around the attractive lake and then up to the top of a hill through the ancient beechwoods.

No owls that we could see but plenty of woodpeckers: Grey Headed, Black, Great-spotted, Middle-spotted and White-backed.

By Francesco Veronesi from Italy (White-backed Woodpecker - Slovakia Image1) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Francesco Veronesi from Italy (White-backed Woodpecker – Slovakia Image1) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
And there were also Collared and Red-breasted Flycatchers easily heard, and relatively easily seen, around the lake.

By Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium (Red-breasted Flycatcher, Białowieża Forest, Poland) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium (Red-breasted Flycatcher, Białowieża Forest, Poland) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
 And this was where we saw these spanking salamanders.

By Christian Jansky (Own work (own photo)) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Christian Jansky (Own work (own photo)) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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2 Replies to “Slovakia – Day 3.”

  1. ” In the dark there were singing Song Thrushes, Blackbirds and …”
    Interesting.
    Some more please about our common or garden birds out there; treecreepers, nuthatches, titmice, finches, robins etc. For example, do they try to do Slovak or are they like us, the Brits abroad?

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