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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

10,000 Birds

In the most of Europe, Brown Bear is a mythical creature that lives only in mediaeval tapestries and folk tales. Feral Pigeon – Columba livia dom. House Sparrow – Passer domesticus. Tree Sparrow – Passer montanus. In the European Union there are only 10,000 mature bears (source: IUCN). Not at all.

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Africa – Birding down Memory Lane

10,000 Birds

It resembled a Hooded Crow of east europe, only the grey parts were white – the Pied Crow , as it turned out to be. The Feral Pigeon and the House Sparrow came the day after, when in the lush green oasis of the Sanitas nursery tea garden I noticed the announcement of the next meeting of the Botswana Bird Club.

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Help me Choose the Bird Specialties of Belgrade

10,000 Birds

Spanish Sparrow – still ill-numbered but, since recently, breeding near the city. Tree Sparrows are almost as common as House Sparrows in some parts of the city, while Ravens and Rooks can be seen among the corvids in the city – unusual for Western birders. Birds ecotourism Europe Serbia' My friend B.C,

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I screamed: Ural Owl!

10,000 Birds

Feral Pigeon – Columba livia. House Sparrow – Passer domesticus. Eurasian Tree Sparrow – Passer montanus. Common Gull – Larus canus. Herring Gull – Larus argentatus. Yellow-legged Gull – Larus michahellis. Caspian Gull – Larus cachinnans. Common Woodpigeon – Columba palumbus.

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The Rose-ringed Parakeets of Heidelberg

10,000 Birds

It is commonly kept in captivity and has therefore established many feral populations world-wide originating from escaped / released cage birds. This is what happens when people choose their pet birds on visual factors alone without taking vocalizations into account. Very stupid thing to do. Yes, the Egyptian Geese there are countable.

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