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We are Just Money Grubbers

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Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus. In my native Serbia, pelicans are only vagrants, although in the under-birded southeast, they may be more common than we think. They do breed in the Balkans, in Montenegro and Greece where I observed them, as well as in Bulgaria and Romania. Dalmatian Pelican by Sebastian Bugariu.

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The Top-5 Birding Hotspots of Serbia

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Unlike the previous hotspots, which lie close to Belgrade, the Kompenzacioni bazen lake (literally “compensation pool”), is in the town of Pirot, close to the border with Bulgaria and about 300 km from Belgrade. 1 Kompenzacioni bazen lake, Pirot. eBird bar chart.

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