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Birding Sarajevo or the sentimental journey home

10,000 Birds

And in the middle of a heatwave of the 2012 summer, I was heading to Sarajevo and Jahorina Mountain, a major venue of the 1984 Winter Olympics. Hence, I had to adopt a new one. Right: Water Pipits landing on my car and sliding down the windscreen. And the day was tropical. No, no, they do not serve beer. And I become a Birder.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

10,000 Birds

For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. The sandhill crane has the lowest recruitment rate (average number of young birds joining a population each season) of any bird now hunted in North America.

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