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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

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In the most of Europe, Brown Bear is a mythical creature that lives only in mediaeval tapestries and folk tales. By the last year of the war, the US increased its military aid to the Greek Government and introduced a new weapon: the first napalm attack after World War II took place right here! House Sparrow – Passer domesticus.

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Prespa Lakes National Park, Greece: the largest Dalmatian Pelican colony in the world

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My guess is, those nervous ones were some migrants, while the majority were locally breeding birds – the southernmost population of Europe! whose occupants have already left for Africa, but a clump of elaborate closed nests of Spanish Sparrows hang underneath it. and dual digits. I was able to read the numbers.02,

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La Paloma, The Doves of the Baja

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As of the last few days, I have a lovely young couple, with a nest right out side my gallery door, in a palm tree. It is possible that the dense growth allows for great protection and nesting areas. This lovely dove has been imported from Europe, and is found living mostly in the suburban areas of North America, and Mexico.

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Where to Watch Birds in the Iron Gates

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Even among the protected areas of Serbia, the Iron Gates National Park (in Serbian: Djerdap) stands out as better preserved. Keep in mind that the special nature reserves (dark green on the park map) enjoy the highest level of protection and are off limits to visitors (possible only with research permits issued by the park authorities).

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The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana

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So right now I’m feeling pretty good about Eurasian Collared-doves. Originally from India and the vicinity, it is believed that they had already undergone two major expansions – through Asia Minor in the 1600s, and then across Europe in the 1900s – when they first appeared in North America. Wicked, right?

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Pipits and the Sweet Smell of Seaweed

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Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Wicked, right? The proposal from U.S. Hat-tip to Stella.

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Autumn colours

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By collecting data and following individual birds it is possible to provide data to both governments and environmental groups to help protect the habitat both here and overseas into the future. She has lived in the Middle East and the United States and traveled extensively in Europe. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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