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Birding northern Serbia, or a sudden bird tour

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We are heading towards the Great Bustard Pastures Nature Reserve in the very north of Serbia, along the border with Romania (near the town of Kikinda, the world Long-eared Owl capital ). Also along the Tamis River, our next hotspot was a fish farm in the Sakule Village. Red-footed Falcon by Martin Mecnarowski/Wikimedia Commons.

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Birding the Bear Mountain of Serbia

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Usually, maize is on the menu, only occasionally carrion or dead trout from a nearby fish farm. We are in the Tara Mountain in western Serbia, ranging from 1,000-1,500 m / 3,000-5,000 ft above sea level. The post Birding the Bear Mountain of Serbia appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Photo Dusanka Stokovic-Simic.

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Where to watch shorebirds around Belgrade, Serbia

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Where to find shorebirds around Belgrade, Serbia? So far, 33 species have been eBirded in Serbia. Let me add that the only ever ringed Critically Endangered (yet, possibly extinct) Slender-billed Curlew was ringed in northern Serbia (Carska bara Ramsar site) in the 1970s. Common Redshank. Collared Pratincole.

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Serbia – birding overview of a year in the Central Balkans

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Serbia has 317 eBirded species so far, or 89% of the 356 in the national checklist. Among travel guides, due to its extensive coverage of natural history and birding sites, recommendation goes to Laurence Mitchell’s Serbia: The Bradt Travel Guide (5th edition, 2017). Eurasian Penduline T**s are easy to hear but harder to spot.

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Western Serbia, or Griffons in the raspberries

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Our destination lies further west, along the Drina River, which marks the border between Serbia and Bosnia. Due to mass wolf poisonings in the 1960s and the 1970s, Griffon Vultures in Serbia suffered a dramatic population crash. Povlen, a quick stop filled with a song that sounds familiar, but I haven’t heard it since last year.

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Fog, drizzle and four road blockades

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Pied Avocet by Boris Okanovic Next we find ourselves at the famous fish farm in the village of Sakule. Why should something so unimaginable in Germany be possible in Serbia? I know of a small side-bridge in a sleepy village, hopefully, that one is forgotten and not blocked. Protest indeed!

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My eBird Citizen Science Experiment

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Two years ago, I was counting active nests of Rooks in the flat agricultural landscape north of Belgrade, Serbia. Without an exception, rookeries were within suburbs, villages or large farms (in such cases – next to buildings), away from the riverine forests bordering the area, tree lines or smaller groves in the open. nests per 1 km2.