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A Most Unexpected Encounter

10,000 Birds

And since I suspect there may be others out there who, like I, feel something of a personal connection with 10,000 Birds’ regular writers, I feel the need to explain my absence. Two other countries we visited, Morocco and Turkey, have recently experienced catastrophic earthquakes. I’m sorry. My wife got to fly up for them.

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The Changing Fortunes of Europe’s Vultures – Part 1

10,000 Birds

By Clive Finlayson Growing up in Gibraltar, it is impossible not to notice large birds of prey, in the thousands, overhead. That, and his father’s influence, got Clive hooked on birds from a very young age. Pu blishing papers, articles, and books on birds aside, Clive is also a keen bird photographer.

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