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The Biggest Urban Pygmy Cormorant Roost is Finally Protected!!

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Up to the mid-20th century, Pygmy Cormorant was a common breeding species of wetlands around Belgrade until most wetlands were drained and the birds were lost, at one moment – from the entire territory of Serbia. With the construction of the huge Iron Gates dam on the Danube, the birds returned to breed in newly flooded river islands.

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The return of the Old Man

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There’s no information as to when these European colonies died out, but we do know that it was a long time ago. Sadly, they no longer breed in Algeria, while in Turkey no free-flying birds remain. (In The most ambitious of these aims to establish a migratory population breeding in Austria and wintering in Italy.

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The most important book about European birds in this century

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The adventure of the second European Breeding Bird Atlas, or EBBA2, was the topic of one of my first posts here at 10,000 Birds: In a warm Catalonian March, Barcelona is filled with sunlight and full of Rose-ringed and Monk Parakeets. In a very short time, we get two responses, two birds calling from opposite directions.

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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. Other important breeding species include Black and White Stork , Lesser Spotted , White-tailed , and Booted Eagle. Next to them, Whiskered and Black Terns nest on floating leaves of White Water-lilies.

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Critically Endangered Birds in Costa Rica- How to See Them, How to Help Them

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Knowing this information is vital for coming up with timely solutions, perhaps most of all for animals and plants truly on the brink of being lost forever. In Costa Rica, the sole tropical breeding albatross is a rare visitor to pelagic waters of the Pacific. Which species are endangered? Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata).

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Fall Birding at Nisqually NWR

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Most of the estuaries of Puget Sound in Washington State have been developed, but one of the few that remain is the Nisqually River Delta, which was protected as a National Wildlife Refuge in 1974. As with any NWR, for more information check its comprehensive conservation plan ( here ), and, if applicable, its Friends organization ( here ).).

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Summer Birding at Conboy Lake NWR

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Adams, the refuge is one of the few breeding locations for Sandhill Cranes in Washington. Although the refuge was established in 1964 in part to protect crane habitat, a pair did not return until 1972, and the first nests were observed in 1976. Located on the eastern slope of the Cascades near the base of Mt.