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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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Interestingly, up to the mid-20th century, they did breed in the mountains of Montenegro, at 1400 m / 4600 ft, before the tourism development of the area, but Belgrade lies in the lowlands (at 70 m / 200 ft). White-tailed Eagles rely on fish as a staple diet for their offspring and that clutch failed. Are Goldeneyes adapting, too?

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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. The Greater Spotted Eagle mostly breeds from Ukraine eastward and in Serbia is only a rare but regular wintering species (several birds are recorded every winter).

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Serbia self-drive birding tour planning

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He made a whirlwind tour of some of the best birding areas in the country, from the Karajukica Bunari peat bog in the extreme southwest (by the border with Montenegro) all the way to the Slano Kopovo Crane Sanctuary in the northeast. Imperial Eagle still in Fruška Gora National Park? [No, Search for my target species (i.e.

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