10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

And I am inside the southern tip of the western Balkan Dinara-Pindos population range, stretching from Slovenia in the north to Greece in the south, with 2,500 bears. Only the Balkan (700 + 2,500 ind.) and Carpathian populations (8,000 ind.) combined offer a larger range as well as a larger gene pool (source: Euronatur).

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Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 267

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Having said that, my sentimental journey started without a plan, more by accident, on an AGM of BirdLife Slovenia in Ljubljana in 2005. Right: Water Pipits landing on my car and sliding down the windscreen. The scorching sun was right above my head. Overhearing that, the waiter came and introduced himself “I am from Kosovo”.

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Bosnia Croatia Herzegovina Slovenia 138

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2018

My mind now wanders off to one of those, to Rwanda – one of the smallest African countries, about the size of Massachusetts or Slovenia (for those familiar with Neotropical birding, it is half the size of Costa Rica), but with 701 bird species. Mongabay.com has done exactly that. And now you finally know where to travel next.

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