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Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The selections appear to largely reflect Hauber’s personal experiences around the world and he does occasionally bring himself into the essay, reflecting on a European Robin he observes at dusk in northwestern Germany or searching for American Robin nests on a tree farm in the Midwestern United States.

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What’s the Next ABA-Countable Exotic?

10,000 Birds

With its proven track record of adapting and spreading in areas with cold winters such as Germany and England, it might even be able to colonize large portions of the southern United States. Furthermore, this little parrot has another aspect going for it. Egyptian Goose sightings submitted to eBird in 2011-2012.

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Perth Hills National Parks

10,000 Birds

The scheme was devised by C Y O’Connor who was an Irish engineer and steel was brought to Western Australia from both Germany and the United States of America and when the pipeline was completed it was the longest fresh water pipe in the world. Red-capped Parrot -high in the trees! Glen Brook Dam.

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