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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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When I reached the levee earlier that morning, I met an elderly hunter from whom I learned that there was an ongoing duck and pheasant hunt, but no one was shooting from, nor towards the embankment, hence I should be safe there. Beljarica in December, photo League for ornithological action / Wild Belgrade.

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Hagerman NWR: Birding Amidst Oil Wells

10,000 Birds

In 1951, oil was discovered and facilities were installed to allow for extraction and transport of the oil. There were already many Snow Geese (along with some Ross’s Geese) as well as countless ducks, primarily Northern Pintail. Those rights were — and continue to be — owned by third parties. So the oil wells keep pumping away.

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