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Birding Sarajevo or the sentimental journey home

10,000 Birds

One caving friend from a Small Town, Croatia, later told me that it was coming, that it was visible on the horizon, but I lived in a cosmopolitan Belgrade. Right: Water Pipits landing on my car and sliding down the windscreen. The scorching sun was right above my head. He couldn’t understand. Neither can I.

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Birding the Cyclades: My my, how can I resist you?

10,000 Birds

A range of hills protects the cove from the eastern wind, yet, the bushes are swaying in the rythm of it. Tha dropping numbers are suspected in Greece and Croatia, and confirmed in Italy, France and Malta. Still, we are sailing out of the marina soon and I should have some coffee before that. diomedea ).

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