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Birding the Bear Mountain of Serbia

10,000 Birds

80% of the national park is covered by forest, 85% of it consisting of Norway Spruce , Silver Fir and the European Beech. Other species include Roe Deer (also spotted), Wildcat , European Pine Marten and Otter. Birds to see There are 139 bird species recorded within the national park, 96 of them breeding in recent years.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

10,000 Birds

The chance that this was a real Turkey are not great, and the chance that Columbus actually brought breeding stock from Honduras to Spain is not great, so maybe, maybe not. Dates of first arrival listed by Schorger (1966) are: Italy 1520, Germany 1530, France 1538, England 1541, Denmark and Norway 1550, Sweden 1556.

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