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Beljarica Backwaters: Some good news announced (but not yet official)

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Also, it is a part of the international ecological corridor and the “Confluence of the Sava and the Danube Rivers” Important Bird Area (IBA), already proposed for a nature reserve by the Government’s Institute for the Protection of Nature of Serbia. It is a spacious floodplain between the River Danube and the levee, 2.1

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Birding Gir National Park, India

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This park protects the largest remaining tract of dry deciduous forest in the west of India, offering visitors 37 species of reptiles, 38 species of mammals and, not to be forgotten – almost 300 bird species. while herbivores are represented by Chital and Sambar (above) deer, Wild Boar , Nilgai antelope, etc. We’re here for the birds!”

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Birding Beljarica in August

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I started the campaign for the protection of Beljarica, raising public awareness and collecting more than 10,000 petition signatures, not only because of its Eurasian Otters , White-tailed Eagles , Black Storks , Icterine and Eastern Olivaceous Warblers , etc., but because this large spillway protects the city from flooding.

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Birding and Wildlife photography at Limneo Lodge, Kerkini Lake, Greece

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From that year onward my work became dedicated to the protection of the area, as well as promotion of local ecotourism possibilities. Also, there are more than 44 species of mammals: Otter , Wildcat , Grey Wolf , Beech Martens , Wild Boar , and Golden Jackal. Greater Flamingos stay at the lake in their thousands.

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Predator animal noises in movies vs reality

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Thanks for the answers and sorry for the ignorance, I live in a country with no big dangerous wildlife except for maybe boars edit: I wanted to focus more on the hunting aspect, not the social one - although sometimes it'd be hard to distinguish between protecting their territory (which might warrant an intimidating sound) vs hunting in those movies/games (..)

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The Final Days of the Danube backwaters in Belgrade: Chinese Belt and Road Initiative is coming to Serbia

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In mid-December, I was birding along the Beljarica levee (Beh-LYAH-ritza), my local patch north of Belgrade, when something other than birds attracted my attention: three wild boars , appearing all black because they had just swam through the swamp to reach the bottom of the levee. I think all were males, at last two huge ones certainly were.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Gaur Morning

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A sounder of Indian Boars is watching us from the jungle. They belong to a long-maned subspecies Sus scrofa cristatus (like four-legged Greco/Roman crested helmets) and are my second race of boar seen in India, while I still remain the only Serbian birder who has never seen one closer to home! Good to know.

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