Austria – Slovenia – Croatia tour's itinerary checked
Despite not running, we drove through the whole itinerary of our new Hungary-Austria-Slovenia-Croatia Spring Tour for a short birdwatching as the borders opened. Even a shortened version sqeezed into a few days produced most of the gem species of this special programme.
In the high Alps we tracked down the alpine species including Lesser Redpoll, Ring Ouzel, Alpine Chaugh and the European endemic Citril Finch just to mention a few.
Male Citril Finch by János OLÁH
Further South, on the Adriatic coast we found a bunch of mediterranean specialties like Black-headed Bunting, Blue Rock Thrush, Sardinian, Eastern Orphean and Subalpine Warblers and many others. However the highlights of the whole tour were the Eleonora's Falcons, which were hunting for insects around us in a flock like Red-footed Falcons do in Hungary.
Dark morph Eleonora's Falcon from Croatia by Dániel BALLA
Woodchat Shrike from Croatia by János OLÁH