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I screamed: Ural Owl!

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I had just a split-second glimpse of this species – my only second ever – yet immediately knew what is it, but I was driving through a snowbound countryside and had another car behind me, therefore I stopped a good 50 metres later to eBird it. Feral Pigeon – Columba livia. Fortunately, B. managed to see it, his largest owl ever.

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Beaten by an Angry Bird

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A few years back, I birded northern Greece with a couple from Namibia. The species he was thrilled to see was the Mute Swan. Well, for me – no, but for Nicolaas, Mute Swans were a lifer species. It had been a while since I saw Greater Flamingoes and was thrilled to see them again. All photos (6) by Vladimir Milovanovic.

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