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What a beautiful bird. I do not know the English name, but know it in my language. They are now rare in Slovakia. What about Greece?

Its their time now. we call it TSALAPETINOS.
HOOPOE I think is the English name

Tsalapetinos sounds more like their name :)))
Hoopoe evokes American Indians in my mind.

there was a couple all day in front of my kitcens window.
Ilike them.

:) I didn´t see any since childhood.

they come every year this seasons sins my childhood.

:))

Wow I've heard of them, but never seen one:-)

great picture Bik :)

Beautiful bird Bik....I haven't seen any here.

that is fabulous!! great photo too. what a lovely bird.

That is beautiful, only ever seen pictures in books

I like his beak and his coloring. And i also love Greece. My husband's aunt started Day Nurseries in some part of Greece. She used to spend six months every year in Athens. By the time she died, she had visited all of Greece and had many friends there.

I always hoped we would see a Hoopooe when we had holidays in Greece, but we never saw one at all:(

I remember hearing nightingales though, one year in Stoupa ( I think that was on Peleponese) & one year in Skiathos. So beautiful, I have never heard them in England.

A lasting memory for me when were in Corfu was to see millions of fireflies among the olive trees at night, twinkling like stars - sooooo beautiful!
When we went back there another year the olive grove had gone & new bars & hotels were built there - such a shame - ruined it for me!!!!

Unfortunately in the name of tourism and money people destroy everything.the same happend in M.Athos peninsula where ouranoupolis situated.
This year I saw lots of hoopooe in my place and nightingales are permanent every year.

How lovely.

You are absolutely right Bik. In name of money and power.

I know Katarina!! I worked there long time ago.

Keeping fingers crossed. After visiting the "Virgin´s garden" your problems can start to change :)).

Im planning to go there October or November

:)) How is the weather there in October/November?

Beautiful bird. Is it a native of Greece, or just visiting? I spent six years living in West Africa, The Gambia & we had some amazing birds migrating to The Gambia from many different countries to find the warmer weather. We are lucky in NZ ( my birthplace), to have many beautiful native birds which are found nowhere else in the world. Sadly, due to predators introduced in the 1800s, we have lost & are losing a lot of our native birds to extinction. Nowadays, there are conservation programmes to save those species most at risk.

We called in at Ouranoupolis one year when we went on a boat trip around the area. There wasn't a lot there then. I expect it has changed a lot, like everywhere else where tourists go! We had a look at Athos but of course couldn't visit.

Thanks on your comment Dwyllis. Protect natives please.it is wealth for a country.

Shirlwirl what year you visit ouranoupolis?

oooh! many years ago! I think it was probably 1983.
We stayed on Kassandra Peninsula.

It was film with that name, wasn´t it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s10HXGVrvwU