Introduction to Bats
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Host Igor Dikiy is a specialist in Theriology, the study of large predatory mammals, and his special passion is bats. As a working scientist he has published 22 papers. In this tour he proposes to take the visitor from cave to cave in the Lviv area to see bats. Naturally such travel in this area also introduces the visitor to Ukrainian culture. You will spend two nights in a two-star hotel and one night in a village house.
Birding around Lviv & the Carpathians
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Host Andrew Bokotey is very serious about birds,having published his investigations in more than 50 articles and books. Here he proposes three tours of a week or more designed to provide visitors with the best bird-viewing opportunities in western Ukraine. Some ofthe rare species you might see include the Hoopoe, Three-toed Woodpecker,Spotted Crake, Little Crake,Short-eared Owl, Short-toed Eagle,Hazel Grouse, and many more.
Aquatic Animals in the Lakes of Hodovychi
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Host Taras Mykytchak is an aquatic ecologist specializing in "Zoocenosises of water systems in the Western Ukraine (Lakes of Chornogora, Hodovychy and Shatsk) and is most interested in sharing his knowledge and enthusiasm about crayfishes, fishes, frogs, lizards, mollusks, storks, gulls, buzzards, kingfishers and all the rest on a one-day trip to his favorite lake in western Ukraine.