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Ten Birds That Changed the World — a review

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In his first chapter, on the Raven, Moss is an enthusiastic borrower from Bernd Heinrich’s classic The Mind of the Raven , and in chapter ten (about which more below) a good deal is sourced from a 2022 book, The Bald Eagle , by Jack E. There’s a fair amount of etymology, too. Millions of Chinese died in the ensuing famine. What claptrap.

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We are Just Money Grubbers

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They are under very heavy hunting pressure in Serbia and after 15 years of campaign , are finally off the shooting list. They do breed in the Balkans, in Montenegro and Greece where I observed them, as well as in Bulgaria and Romania. Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga. Greater Spotted Eagle by Artemy Voikhansky.

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