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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. It’s a very mixed chapter.