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More Birds Than Bullets: a book review

10,000 Birds

He found some solace when, at age eleven, he became entranced with birds – specifically, with a Green Woodpecker — and that sighting, he says, “took me to another, safer world.” . McMullan had some sort of spiritual awakening in Bosnia when he saw a woman weeping outside her destroyed home.

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Emerging birding destinations: Serbia

10,000 Birds

For 3-4 days, opt for the hills, Tresnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary and the nearby Tara Mountain National Park with 140 species (not too much, but with Hazel Grouse , Ural , Pygmy and Tengmalm’s Owls , White-backed and Three-toed Woodpeckers among them). Tresnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary. Uvac Griffon Vulture Sanctuary.

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