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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

10,000 Birds

It was an exciting experience, though a remarkably chilly one, as winters in Castile and León can be very cold. On another trip, this time to Slovakia, I heard wolves howling, a wonderfully spine-tingling sound. At the time we were looking, without success, for White-backed Woodpeckers.

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