Wild Nature Claims Place in Romanian Capital

On an early morning walk through the Romanian capital's newest park, photographer Helmut Ignat points out cormorants, harriers, terns and several other birds flying high over the marshes. "We're in luck, all the birds are showing themselves," said Ignat, who discovered Vacaresti park in 2011 on assignment from National Geographic. Word was beginning to spread that a wild wetland had sprung up between apartment buildings not far from downtown Bucharest. Ignat is one...

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