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The Belgrade Amazon Campaign or the House of the Eagle

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Despite mostly guiding them, I still somehow managed to see a European Badger sitting and watching me back for several seconds, before it slipped into bushes and quite a few White-tailed Eagles , e.g. four in just one morning. Because the house of the eagle literally protects the homes of Belgraders, they are more than worth fighting for.

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The Final Days of the Danube backwaters in Belgrade: Chinese Belt and Road Initiative is coming to Serbia

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badger observing me for a few seconds, a pair of young golden jackals showing well (maybe too well for their own safety), brown hares sometimes running joyfully along the levee and paying no attention to me, as well as the ubiquitous invasive coypus (originally from Patagonia).

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Prespa Lakes National Park, Greece: the largest Dalmatian Pelican colony in the world

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There are 172 species of butterflies recorded within the national park, 24 species of bats, plus the Beech Marten (which I saw only as a road-kill), Otter , Wild Cat , Badger , Wild Boar , Grey Wolf and the European Brown Bear, among others. Maps and guides.

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Cavity Nesting Birds of North America and Their Babies!

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The wood duck was very scarce in many portions of its range, at least in part, for the same reason and probably owes its present status to provision of nest boxes and protection from overhunting 1.” The ivory-billed and red- cockaded woodpeckers are currently on the endangered list, primarily as a result of habitat destruction.

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Crossbill Guides: Interview with Dirk Hilbers

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reduce traffic casualties amongst Badgers , get the White-tailed Eagle back as a breeding bird, increase the number of protected plant species etc.). The project will take another year to complete, but in about a month from now, we should have the first samples finished on www.ecosim.nl. -

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

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And for thousands of years the lizards, rodents, and birds of North America adapted to Fishers, Badgers, Wolverines, Ermines, etc. For the same reason that other invasive do better than the natives, feral Cats outhunt native predators, and native prey are not as protected against them. Photo Credit: Martin_Heigan via Compfight cc.