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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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The return of the Old Man

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According to Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World , a handsome volume written by James Hancock, James Kushan and Philip Kohl and published by Academic Press in 1992, Geronticus eremita “once nested in the mountains of central Europe, across northern Africa and into the Middle East. But this range is now much reduced.

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Everything new is Old (World) again

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This month we were able to go to Europe again, for our first real vacation in a few years. The European Robin , now considered an Old World flycatcher rather than a thrush, also stays the winter in much of Western Europe. One sang very insistently outside our lodgings in Interlaken, Switzerland.

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Animal Rights Activists Jailed in Europe

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Some employees from firms in Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland had "puppy killer" and "scum" daubed on their houses. Tags: europe activism huntingdon animal rights. The cost of the damage and increased security measures amounted to 12.6 million pounds, the court heard.

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Kamikaze Pigeons and a War to Extinction

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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)? Conservation Peregrine Falcon poisoning Serbia Switzerland' One Feral Pigeon. A Great Tit. v=8kKoL3sdbaQ.

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Are Redpolls Just One Species?

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In all, the duo compared DNA from 77 redpolls, including specimens from museums around the world, from the Museum of Vertebrates at Cornell University to the Natural History Museum of Geneva in Switzerland. Furthermore, another redpoll species found in Europe—the Lesser Redpoll—also had extremely similar DNA sequences.

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The Hidden Qualities of House Sparrows

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The genus Passer has several well-recognized and recognizable species in Europe, and still holds several enigmas. The Italian Sparrow is not entirely confined to Italy but – not surprisingly – also occurs in neighbouring areas of Austria and Switzerland.

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