Greece is the word…

As promised, I got up and out at sunrise this morning to see who else might be up to greet the day, and here’s the first common kingfisher I’ve seen in a while. It was perched on a rock just offshore from our hotel, and that red background is the water of the Petalioi Gulf reflecting light from the low sun.

Then I turned my sights inland, and here’s one of a pair of Eurasian collared doves on a wire over the street right in front of the hotel.

There was a nice quiet street leading up the hill to the main road along the coast, and here’s a Eurasian jay pausing just long enough to get a better grip on that nut it had found before it bolted out of sight.

Finally, the treat of the morning was this darling spotted flycatcher, whom we last saw in Malawi. It reminded me today of the wood-pewees in Estabrook Park in how it appeared loath to give up a good hunting perch just because I was standing only 15 feet away and taking its picture.

I’ll have time again tomorrow morning to see who else lives around here, and I can’t wait to see who I find.

PS. Anne has been sitting next to me as I write this, and she suggested the title.