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Birding Shanghai in December 2023

10,000 Birds

The prinia will then claim that its current name – celebrating a morally very questionable person – is no longer acceptable in the modern world. But not in Europe either. Personally, I wish the species the best of luck in this endeavor. (Of Not an in-vitro photo.

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De arte venandi cum avibus: San Martino Siir (2015) – Aglianico del Vulture DOC

10,000 Birds

There had been works on falconry before Frederick’s time: treatises on falconry date back to the 10 th century in Europe, and King Harold of England (of Battle of Hastings fame) reputedly owned the largest collection of volumes devoted to the subject in all of Europe.

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