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Birding Innsbruck, Austria in Winter

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Before my trip to Austria that bridged January and February, I had never really had that country high on my list of places I wanted to go. What I knew of Austria was very little: The Sound of Music, mountains and skiing, Vienna, Hitler’s birthplace, Krampus, good beer, and often confused with Australia. And am I ever glad I did!

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The return of the Old Man

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Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills goes on to give greater detail of the former nesting sites in Europe: it could once be found “in southern Germany and Austria, in the valleys of the upper Rhine and Danube Rivers, and in the Alps of Switzerland, Italy and Germany, and perhaps in Hungary and Greece”.

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Second Time Bears Declared Extinct in Austria

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For the second time in recent history, brown bears have been declared extinct in Austria. Unfortunately there are no bears left in Austria, in the Northern Limestone Alps. said Christian Pichler of WWF Austria The last bear, known as ‘Moritz', an Austrian born bear, has not been seen since 2010.

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Swarovski Skills Camp, or men and their toys

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Yesterday evening I got home from the second Swarovski Skills Camp at Lake Neusiedl in the east of Austria. But Swarovski Optik is a family-owned business, so the then CEO, Mr. Swarovski, categorically rejected the advice and decided: factory stays in Austria, and the prices will only go up! impressive for Central Europe.

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Binocular snobbery

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We had met before, so when he encountered me in Austria he asked me what I was doing there. In 1999 came a watershed moment when I flew to Austria for the launch of the brand-new Swarovski EL range. I’m here to show you birds, Lars” I told him.

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Best Birds of my First Year with 10,000 Birds

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Snow Goose, Salzburg, Austria. But it is a decidedly odd bird to see in Austria, and is not the sort of species that is likely to be introduced or an escapee. Seeing White Storks in Spain this year was pretty cool, too. This is obviously not an uncommon bird.

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Old World waterfowl… and other waterfowl in the Old World

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Visiting the continent after the end of most of the autumn migration meant that the number of bird species I could see in northern France, Switzerland, southern Germany, and Austria was much reduced. Not only was the setting less exotic-friendly than an urban park, this was only the third registry for this species in Austria on eBird.

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