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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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