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How to find the Ural Owl in Serbia

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The Ural Owl inhabits old and undisturbed boreal forests, in an unbroken belt from Sweden and Finland across Russia to Japan, and is rarely seen to the south, only here and there, in the Carpathians (Slovakia/Ukraine/Romania/eastern Serbia) and Dinaric Alps (Croatia/Bosnia/western Serbia). managed to see it, his largest owl ever.

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Birding northern Serbia, or a sudden bird tour

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It was an unexpected bird tour, without too much planning and aimed at a few target species, of which we saw most, but the main one eluded us… Early morning, leaving the last houses behind… and a Little Owl awaits us on a traffic sign. Despite the rainy forecast, the weather was pleasantly tropical: sun, a short shower and more sun.

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Guide to birding the Forgotten Road in the Djerdap National Park, Serbia

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But there was one more thing I evaluated, the human infrastructure, the potential guides among the national park employees. Somewhat less common but realistic birds include Wood Warbler , Collared Flycatcher , Marsh Tit , Stock Dove , Tawny Owl. Hopefully, something may have changed in the meantime.

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