10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2016

I am not entirely sure whether most birders outside Germany know or realize that Germany still has a decent population of one of Europe’s most attractive and desired bird species: the Great Bustard Otis tarda. Now that I might have wetted your appetite, here’s where and how to find them in Germany: 1.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2013

We, the people of Germany, have had enough of this nonsense. Of course we are not officially allowed to take living animals with us (allegedly, Leberwurst is fine). Birds Germany magpies weather' No seriously. The months of January and February 2013 were particularly dark and gloomy.

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Algeria 2013 Germany Mali 147

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

2008 and this video recommended by the Ted Talk people: The Early Birdwatchers ), or the social behavior of Common Guillemots (what we North Americans call Common Murres) ( Bird Sense: What it Is Like to Be a Bird , 2012). It’s a huge scope for a 338-page book.

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Dissection Birds Research Europe 209

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

This is not entirely unknown among domestic animals, but many domesticates have no living wild version. Dates of first arrival listed by Schorger (1966) are: Italy 1520, Germany 1530, France 1538, England 1541, Denmark and Norway 1550, Sweden 1556. Diffusion to other european countries subsequently was very rapid. 78(1):61–78.

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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 198

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

Germany is underrated as a birding destination. Greater Rheas, a species the Germans call Nandu, are very popular in Germany and frequently kept in zoos as well as private enclosures. The following map (taken from the highly esteemed site ornitho.de ) shows all observations of Greater Rheas throughout Germany since 1999.

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