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Paradise Regained

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By 2019, I couldn’t take it any more, and I stopped visiting Pino Real. I would have guessed it would be the first species to abandon this now-disturbed site. And, eventually, one whole hilltop was fenced, logged, and flattened. For what purpose, I still do not know.) This cabin is not new. But the denuded hillsides are.

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The 20 best birds of Belgrade and where to find them

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At the time of writing (March 2019), so far there are 248 eBirded species in the wider area officially representing Belgrade. Eurasian Scops Owl is a bird of open forests and scattered trees, parks, orchards, abandoned houses, etc. I would add Great Reed Warbler and Crested Lark , both rare vagrants to the UK.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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Everyone is looking back on their best birds of 2019, so I thought it would be a good idea to look at a book that looks back a little further: Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City , by P. Happy New Year, 10,000 Birds readers and writers! Buckley, Walter Sedwitz, William J. Norse, and John Kieran.

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And So It Begins

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and Canada, it had apparently discovered an abandoned nest, on which it was clearly showing nesting behavior. That number was a bit better than my first-day total from 2019, though a bit worse than 2020’s total. I’d would love to know if any of our readers have insight into the behavior of one Sora. Was it practicing?

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

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More dramatically memorable is Dunn’s experience in Bolivia, where he hoped to travel to Chalalan Lodge, an eco-lodge run by the local indigenous population, but ends up facing the 2019 election protests with blockades and a threat of violence at every road leaving the city. Jonas D’Abronzo.