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The 20 best birds of Belgrade and where to find them

10,000 Birds

Some five years ago I was involved in a project of ecotourism evaluation of the river Danube in Serbia, which included the city of Belgrade, founded at the bank of this river. Eurasian Scops Owl is a bird of open forests and scattered trees, parks, orchards, abandoned houses, etc. Serbia Birding calendar. Additional reading.

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You Gotta Fight When You Think it’s the Right Thing to Do

10,000 Birds

Paving of the road across the Reva Pond started and was abandoned several months later: only the sidewalk was paved. You can probably understand the disappointment of a herpetologist friend of mine when he discovered that his very research transect was now paved. Yet, the site is quite ruined. I’d rather not discuss my disappointment.

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