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Power Companies and Springtime Tree Removal

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Ah, Europe! Cathy Cudmore, who helps rehabbers with hummingbird transport in Arizona, points out that while power companies may have easements, disturbing an active bird nest is a violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and thus a crime. The companies have to cover the costs of hiring experts and consultants. 5) Display attitude.

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The Final Days of the Danube backwaters in Belgrade: Chinese Belt and Road Initiative is coming to Serbia

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And here in Europe, they are the real deal, an indigenous species and not domesticated animals gone wild. These handsome finches breed in the far north of Europe and come here for the winter only. I think all were males, at last two huge ones certainly were. Photographed within Beljarica: five White-tailed Eagles by Snezana Panjkovic.

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The Smell of Napalm in the Morning

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Out of these 136 bird species, 108 are strictly protected and further 28 protected by Serbian legislation. Considering the number of species, but also habitats of international conservation concern, protection of this area and its biodiversity is clearly an issue of wider European and not merely local significance.

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St. Michael’s summer birding along the Danube in Serbia

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It is the largest woodpecker in Europe (to describe its size, I’ll tell you that Goldeneyes breed in the holes this pecker makes). They are colourful and small, some mere newspaper kiosks transported here, barely big enough for a bed and fishing rods. As Turkey now sees this fortress as their cultural heritage, they invested 1.2

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