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White-throated Dipper in Switzerland

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Though originally from Switzerland he now makes New York City his home where I (Corey) have had the great fortune of meeting him, birding with him, and photographing wildlife with him. I know just that kind of place near my hometown in northwest Switzerland, a gorge that cuts through the southernmost range of the Jura Mountains.

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Kamikaze Pigeons and a War to Extinction

10,000 Birds

Some lovely and touristy cities of Western Europe are justly proud of their cathedral Peregrines (Barcelona, Norwich, Bristol), even London (which has its charms, but is far from lovely) – why not Belgrade (isn’t proud, I mean)? APRIL 12: Second flight of a b h and then she hunts. Painting (c) by Paschalis Dougalis. v=8kKoL3sdbaQ.

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Scaup are the Worst Duck

10,000 Birds

Scaup are so worthless that when you input “I love scaup” into Google you only get four results and three of them are hunting related. It is a series of shots of Greater Scaup flying out of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s West Pond, of which the image that includes Red-breasted Mergansers is the most interesting.

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