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He’s even thankful for the occasional
swarm of mosquitoes, which proliferate af-
ter a rainfall and keep less hardy visitors at
bay. “Mosquitoes are part of the landscape,”
he shrugs. “They contribute something to
nature.” He pauses. “I guess.”
Mossies aren’t the only winged beasts in
the Delta. More than 300 species of birds—
approximately 60 percent of all those in Eu-
rope—pass through the Ebro Delta National
Park each year. Twitchers may feel their
hearts flutter when they glimpse a rare Au-
douin’s Gull, “but the flamingos are the
stars,” Culvi grins, leading my friends and
me to the top of the observation tower,
where we peer through binoculars at a

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