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Posted by Daniel |
Jan 31st, 2010
A couple of weeks ago I was exploring the Danube Delta with my father to do a bird count and take some pictures of the delta in winter. The weather was not ideal and after a few hours of boat driving we encountered a Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)...
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Posted by Daniel |
Jan 16th, 2010
Exotic fish photographed in the Tulcea...
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Posted by Daniel |
Jan 14th, 2010
This month the most important British nature conservation magazine called BIRDS , the RSPB’s members’ magazine, has published an article about the Danube Delta. The article features a few pictures of mine covering 6 full pages and...
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Posted by Daniel |
Jan 13th, 2010
The Dalmatian Pelican is one of the reasons why many birdwatchers head towards the Danube Delta. During my 15 years of guiding I have had my fair share of twichers wo came to Romania only to see this bird. It is not always easy to find the birds...
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Posted by Daniel |
Jan 10th, 2010
A few pictures of an Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) – Vulturul pescar, eating a fish on a tree near Bogdaproste lake in the Danube Delta. It was very cloudy so the results are not the best but acceptable. The Osprey is not a commune bird around...
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Posted by Daniel |
Jan 8th, 2010
The largest population of European Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) is to be found in Romania…. that is what you would hear from scientists, nature lovers and hunters interested in this species. The population is estimated today at around 5800...
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Posted by Daniel |
Jan 3rd, 2010
Cicada orni one of the largest Cicadas in the world photographed in Babadag Forest – Dobrogea. This cicada is usually laying eggs in the Manna Ash or South European Flowering Ash (Fraxinus ornus) possibly where its name orni comes from. The...
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Posted by Daniel |
Jan 2nd, 2010
Last week we where at a bird count and on Grindul Lupilor we spotted a white bird in top of a hill. At first we didn’t know what to believe as it was so white … I even said it is a Snow Owl. It turned out to be a Common Buzzard (Buteo...
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Posted by Daniel |
Jan 1st, 2010
The Danube Delta is a place where the boats play an important role being used for day to day purposes like fishing, transportation, tourism and illegal activities like pouching. The pictures below where taken all over the delta during a period of...
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Posted by Daniel |
Dec 21st, 2009
Here is the Galapagos gallery. An incredible journey… hope you like it.
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My name, if you didn’t figure it out yet, is Daniel Petrescu. I was born in the Danube Delta on the 12th of December 1974 and grew up in the area. Here I have learned a lot about the nature and about the people. I started to guide trips for naturalists around the Danube Delta and Dobrogea about 12 years ago... read more
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