On an expedition day you never know what you might come across! Surprises are on the daily menu.
Following the old country road inside the mountains from the monastery of "Stavros Agiasmati" towards the main road of Xyliatos-Saranti village, there was one of our surprises.
While we were driving a big Griffon right in front of us! We immediately stopped and got out of the car to admire the big vulture that had already flew above us.
It was the first time we saw one in that area. They are almost extinct now because of the lack of food. As we have later learned, there were a lot more in the past because the villagers had a place were they left the dead animals, so the vultures could eat them.
The Cyprus Griffon belongs to the old world vultures and its name originates from the ancient Greek word "γρυψ" which was a mythological creature with a lion mouth, an eagle head and wings.
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