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Prespa Lakes National Park, Greece: the largest Dalmatian Pelican colony in the world

10,000 Birds

Up the dirt track next to a hilltop church is not particularly productive at this time of year. The forest grows on the new lakeshore and it, too, is a mere 15 years old, but already provides an important corridor for large mammals such as Roe Deer and even Brown Bears , which sometimes come down to feed on beans. Maps and guides.

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Polygynandry and avian swingers

10,000 Birds

After meeting the woman of his dreams, he moved to Austria where he now has the coolest job in the world making awesome toys for birders ( Swarovski Optik product manager ). Might I assume that women typically bear fewer children, or fewer survive? In this case, they would be exhibiting polyandry.

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