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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

It was Montagu who first realised that the “Ring-tail hawk” and the gray male Hen Harrier were the same species, and that the bird he called the Ash-coloured Falcon was a different species to the Hen Harrier, an impressive achievement at that time. Eleonora’s Falcons still breed on Sardinia today.

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MAY 20, 2021

noticed a Eurasian Stone-curlew , which I dipped and, as we were leaving, one male Red-footed Falcon waved us goodbye. On our way south, we will see another Little Owl squatting on a road sign, and a flock of 7 Red-footed Falcons circling above the road. Red-footed Falcon by Martin Mecnarowski/Wikimedia Commons.

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MARCH 15, 2024

If you see a flock of kestrels in southern Europe, then the chances are that they will be Lessers, for the Common Kestrel never flocks, though occasionally in summer you will see a family hunting together. Watching flocks of these attractive little falcons feeding is aways a delightful sight.

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APRIL 2, 2015

I am inside the city of Belgrade, checking the theoretically possible Peregrine Falcon site. Yet, not a trace of a falcon. ” Falcons do hunt pigeons, we all know that, but what is a Kamikaze pigeon? That is why Belgrade is not proud of its falcons and why I am not telling you more about them. One Feral Pigeon.

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Switzerland Serbia Feral Falcons 209

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JULY 13, 2023

Lake Kerkini National Park in the north of Greece is the very best birding area in the Balkan Peninsula and definitely among the top ten hotspots of Europe. Surprisingly, despite being on the site of a former marsh, Kerkini is an artificial reservoir with the purpose of irrigation of arable fields. The lake lies at a mere 35 m / 115 ft a.s.l.

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MARCH 29, 2019

A falconer and his bird from the Mosaico de Cavaleiro in Mértola, possibly the oldest depiction of falconry in Iberia. Islamic rule in Portugal established a tradition of religious tolerance uncommon in the rest of Europe, and falconry continued to appear in Christian, Islamic, and Jewish art produced throughout Iberia in the Middle Ages.

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APRIL 7, 2020

It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. McWilliam realizes he’s dealing someone special, a career falcon egg-thief.

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MARCH 15, 2019

The Gyrfalcon ( Falco rusticolus ), the largest falcon in the world, is as sought after by falconers as it is by birders – and for many of the same reasons: namely, the rarity with which these imposing raptors of the Arctic visit us residing in more temperate climes.

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OCTOBER 30, 2019

This month we were able to go to Europe again, for our first real vacation in a few years. Smaller raptors were either European Sparrowhawks (true hawks) or Eurasian Kestrels (falcons). The European Robin , now considered an Old World flycatcher rather than a thrush, also stays the winter in much of Western Europe.

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

In the most of Europe, Brown Bear is a mythical creature that lives only in mediaeval tapestries and folk tales. At the same time, a Peregrine Falcon flies across the valley. Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus. It has become extinct, one may say, but such formulation hides the gruesome fact: it has been exterminated.

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Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 271

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

What comes as a surprise, two of them have already positioned themselves as known birding destinations attracting a substantial number of birders: Trinidad and Tobago with the world-famous Asa Wright Nature Centre (cover photo), and The Gambia with experienced local guides, plus cheap packages for African beginners from Western Europe.

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MARCH 6, 2014

Birding Europe In memoriam Turkey' Faced with the further spread of cancer, five years ago – at the age of 62, Brian has finally fallen asleep… under the walnut tree in the Sleepy Valley.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Once a Peregrine Falcon flew above the veranda, while several distant King Vultures were soaring above the valley. More easily noticeable birds to observe from the veranda also included Gartered Trogon , Lesson’s Motmot (often the very first and the last bird of the day), Crimson-fronted Parakeet and Streak-headed Woodcreeper.

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APRIL 13, 2016

The scientists, who studied bird populations in Europe and China , speculate that urban areas may have some appeal for passerines that rural areas otherwise lack. That’s what a group of researchers suggest in a paper recently published in Behavioral Ecology. Songbirds may congregate in urban areas more than you’d expect.

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JULY 9, 2022

Keep birding in green space and you might hear a Laughing Falcon , might see a White-tailed Kite doing its “Holy Spirit” hovering moves. It takes the place of prinias in Asia, maybe some “warblers” in Europe and Africa. Bird at night and those same grassy fields could host Striped and Barn Owls.

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Costa Rica Farming Birds Sparrows 276

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MARCH 22, 2019

In fact, by all accounts, Mary adored sport and was an avid equestrienne, hunter, and falconer. The falcon hunt took place in the quiet, picturesque Flemish countryside south of Bruges, on the property of Adolph of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein. A portrait of Mary (ca. 1490) attributed to Tyrolian painter Michael Pacher.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

the development of field-based ornithological research in Europe and Great Britain; a quick step back through the history to look at bird protection, conservation, and our precarious future, with a focus on Birkhead’s long-term (50 years!) Birkhead knows that these are sensitive topics.

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Dissection Birds Research Europe 245

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JULY 21, 2013

They were once a widespread and diverse group, however, with many fossils known from what are now North America and Europe. ’s “land bird clade,” with passerines, parrots, falcons, woodpeckers, the Coraciiformes (kingfishers, hornbills, bee-eaters, etc.), The six living species are all found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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JULY 4, 2017

The guide presents 69 species and 1 subspecies, from “NEW WORLD VULTURES: Cathartiformes” to “OSPREY: Pandioninae” to “FAMILY: Accipitridae” (Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Hawk-Eagles), to “FALONIDS: Falconidae” (Falcons, Forest-Falcons, Caracaras, Kestrels, Merlin). Here’s a sample of Plate 30, Bat Falcon and Orange-Breasted Falcon (pp.

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MAY 28, 2015

For example, the White-headed Duck is nowadays a rarity in Europe (okay, excluding Spain, I know… that Spain …), but until some 50 years ago, it used to breed in Serbia. The hide overlooking the breeding colony of Red-footed Falcons. gmail.com or check the maps at birdwatching.rs , so far, only in Serbian).

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JUNE 12, 2014

I’d mention that within an easy 90-minute drive of the city are sites holding Lesser-spotted and Eastern Imperial Eagle , Red-footed Falcon , Roller , Black Stork , Savi’s Warbler , Ortolan Bunting , Wood Warbler , Barred Warbler , Tawny Pipit , Saker Falcon , Long-legged Buzzard , Bluethroat etc.”.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus. Black Woodpecker – Dryocopus martius. Eurasian Green Woodpecker – Picus viridis. Grey-headed Woodpecker – Picus canus. Common Kestrel – Falco tinnunculus. Great Grey Shrike – Lanius excubitor. Eurasian Jay – Garrulus glandarius. Common Magpie – Pica pica.

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JUNE 10, 2012

It is one of the premiere birding destinations in Europe, where Saker Falcons , Great Bustards , and Black Woodpeckers can be found, to say nothing of Aquatic Warblers , Pygmy Cormorants , and Whiskered Terns. That is all I want to say about that. Anyway, Hungary!

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

And watching this from above was a Lanner Falcon. While the skies and every wire fence and electricity cable were filled with Amur Falcons , it took some skill to finally find a Red-footed Falcon among them. Amur Falcons are ubiquitous. A Pied Starling. We set out and quickly managed to find one of my targets. But we did.

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South Africa Africa Falcons Family 145

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

My guess is, those nervous ones were some migrants, while the majority were locally breeding birds – the southernmost population of Europe! The best bird was one lovely Common Chiffchaff that was very hard to locate in the thick crown of an old juniper tree, followed by one mysterious small falcon. and dual digits.

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JULY 3, 2020

Following this early example, weathervanes in classical antiquity often assumed the form of animals and mythological beings – often deifications of the four compass winds – traditions that carried on in Europe long past the fall of Rome. on The Albany Academy by architect Marcus T.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

Near Tarifa, where the Africa and Europe almost touch, there are a couple of strategic lookouts where raptor enthusiasts gather to search the skies and record numbers of birds. One evening a juvenile Egyptian Vulture passed overhead; an exceptional bird I was told. They were all exceptional to me. The sky was always busy. Griffon Vulture.

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MAY 1, 2014

A few weeks from now (it was early April), Eleonora’s Falcons will become a possibility, too, once they return from Madagascar. Trips Europe Greece seabirds' Nick finds a bird-shaped protrusion at the top of the rock – Black-eared Wheatear , not exactly a species I expect to observe from a boat deck.

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APRIL 30, 2015

A quick check of the Collins 2 (I think American birders know this book as the “Birds of Europe”, but here, some branding mastermind has interconnected the company’s name and the book title) revealed that we are facing two Siberian Greylag Geese (race rubrirostris ). Scan of the ridge reveals a distant but definitive Peregrine Falcon.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

There are 28 chapters—“Waders,” “Large Waterside Birds,” “Owls and nightjars,” “Birds of prey” (pulling together vultures, hawks and falcons), “Aerial feeders” (swifts, swallows, martins), etc.—plus So, how do you find the species account for Kestrel if falcons are not placed between woodpeckers and parakeet?

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JULY 23, 2015

The only falcon that has the manoeuverability to chase and catch swallows in flight… a few pirouettes later, he leaves with empty talons. One Western Marsh Harrier … and my first Lesser Grey Shrike this year. Barn Swallows are flying above the canal, surprisingly full of water… sudden screams: a Eurasian Hobby is among them!

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

This morning, they have seen some 10,000 Broad-winged Hawks , mixed up with two dozen Swainson’s Hawks , several Mississippi Kites and one or two King Vultures , Swallow-tailed and Double-toothed Kites , Merlins and Peregrine Falcons. Or a mammal. Or even those pooie reptiles.

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Costa Rica Reptiles Farming Mississippi 158

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APRIL 21, 2015

Ostriches are infected as well as, in one known case, Falcons. We have seen H5N2 become an important virus for domestic poultry, suddenly, starting in Asia, moving to Europe, then to North America with wild migratory birds as the likely vector. People should avoid contact with sick/dead poultry or wildlife.

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

Trips birdfinder Europe Serbia' The aim of the project was to evaluate the ecotourism potential of the Serbian Danube and to offer birding as the new tourism product of the area. In the next guideblog: Where to watch birds in Belgrade.

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JANUARY 1, 2012

The roost used to be in front of the “Stadtwerke” (the high chimney with breeding Peregrine Falcons) along Kurfürstenanlage a few hundred metres to the east, but the birds switched to the train station in January 2011. Yes, the Egyptian Geese there are countable.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

… To everyone’s delight, a Saker Falcon soon appeared, offering excellent views as it banked in a long stoop after a hapless distant passerine. This endearing ground squirrel is the preferred prey of a resident pair of Imperial Eagles … Within twenty minutes, a Goshawk, a Black Kite and two Honey Buzzards passed over.

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MARCH 17, 2022

Should you be impressed by this list and the underlying ambitions, take a look at the migration route of the Amur Falcon ( Wikipedia ). The falcon breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China but winters in Southern and East Africa. Still as impressed as before? ” If in doubt, just classify species as LC?

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