10,000 Birds

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? This time it is not in Serbia, but in Zurich, Switzerland, where this particular Serbian pigeon fancier / blogger lives.

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Switzerland Serbia Feral Falcons 201

10,000 Birds

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.

Switzerland 115

Switzerland Austria Europe Spain 115

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2018

It turned out Raphael Nussbaumer is a keen ornithologist who just completed his PhD in Lausanne (Switzerland). Although it wasn’t the optimal period (most migrants already gone and wintering birds not there yet), we were looking forward to discovering a new and less birded region of Europe. Search for my target species (i.e.

Serbia 143

Serbia Switzerland Farming Birds 143