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They say bad weather is birdy weather. Well, it`s great for flipping too!
Anyway, our eternal quest for the Blotched Snake took us to the mountains of north Dobrudja.





We searched high and low but only turned out the usual suspects:















Lots of great birds all around, but none as cool as this lifer Rock Thrush male!





I hope to revisit this place soon, good weather or not. There sure are lots of neat habitats to explore. All i need is lots of dry spare socks.

Cheers!

Very cool Vlad! How large was that "interesting insect"? Looks like it stepped out from an Alien-movie...

I just love that Spadefoot Toad - you´re very lucky having found one. Did you really discover it during the day?!

The cricket from another dimension was about 5 cm long or so, and it peed all over my glove. No kidding, it soaked it. Good thing it wasn`t acid.

Regarding the spadefoot, yes, it was found during the day, as i discovered all of my pelobates. Active ones are indeed few and far between outside breeding season, but poking around open manholes always helps.

Nice stuff Vlad. I think the insect is a bush cricket (Bradyporus dasypus).