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Birding Balangshan (peak area) in June 2023

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If such human food is not available, the Yellow-billed Chough goes back to its original diet of (at least in Europe) grasshoppers, as described here. This species might indeed merit a bit more research – the only paper I found on its breeding looked at only 7 nests (of which 3 failed).

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Finding Dippers in Berlin

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This special place in a birder’s heart or on a list of best birds of the year certainly pertains not only to their extravagant lifestyle but also to the fact that most birders – particularly visiting birders – often struggle with finding them. Any dipper, any continent, any birder. Crazy, I know. And you know what?

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City Guide: Finding Birds in Belgrade

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and am not a lifestyle writer to comment on those claims. At the southeast part of the lake is a breeding colony of Black-crowned Night , Purple and Squacco Herons. Her article starts with a bold claim that “no city makes you feel more like a New Yorker than Belgrade.” eBird checklist. km / 1 mi to the fish farm entrance.

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A long way from nowhere

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They will feed up there and then head north to Siberia to breed. The shorebirds are starting to get their breeding plumage and the first to show some colour are the male Bar-tailed Godwit. She has lived in the Middle East and the United States and traveled extensively in Europe. We are remote but what a great lifestyle!

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