10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2021

The initiative to protect this area was launched in 2010 within the “Wings Across the Balkans” project coordinated by BirdLife International and supported by the European Commission. The proposal was signed by Senka Lecic, Milica Dajovic, Jelena Nikolic Antonijevic and yours truly. Young Roe Deer buck in Beljarica.

Serbia 275

Serbia Deer Protection Boars 275

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

One important reason is the wide discrepancy in mid-winter count survey numbers—in Tennessee those figures were 44,000 counted in 2010 versus only 12,000 counted in 2011. Ohio has tracked two families of their state-endangered breeding sandhill cranes and found them to have wintered over in Tennessee in 2010. Wicked, right?

2011 245

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 245

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2017

I did not see any lifers whatsoever in 2016, making it my first lifer-free year since around 2010. Thanks, Marsh Sandpiper (seen on the right with a redshank on the pic below), your presence was highly appreciated! Arctic Tern , Große Rosin, Germany.

2016 101

2016 Germany Italy Netherlands 101