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Greece: Pelicans galore at Lake Kerkini

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It is an early April morning and we are in the hills surrounding Lake Kerkini in the north of Greece. It is still early spring and the leaves are small, not fully developed, so we manage to see them too, and we did it very ethically, without provoking a response by the mobile phone. Trips Europe Greece pelicans'

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Several countries, including Austria, Bolivia, Colombia, Greece, Peru, Britain and Paraguay, have already imposed or approved bans. Why is the United States lagging so far behind?

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We are Just Money Grubbers

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I dipped it once before and only this autumn found them in Greece. They do breed in the Balkans, in Montenegro and Greece where I observed them, as well as in Bulgaria and Romania. Yet, while I observed them previously in Gujarat, I found my first Western Palearctic one this year in Greece. We are just money grubbers.”.

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A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects: A Review

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Will your list be North American-centric, with entries on the Nuttall Ornithological Club, ABA birding ethics , and a photo of Martha, the last Passenger Pigeon? Is your object the first of its kind, as in the first field guide, or the best of its kind? Or will it encompass the history of birding around the world?

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