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Once upon a time in Bojcinska Forest

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Also, there was a Black Kite awaiting us, as well as one Red-footed Falcon sitting on a dead oak branch. King Alexander I of Yugoslavia was known for his hunting forays into this forest, only months prior to his assassination during a 1934 state visit to France. Some of those shelters are still around. And into the forest we go.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. We start with Lendrum being arrested in 2010 at the Birmingham (U.K.) Author Joshua Hammer.

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