10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2020

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).

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Serbia Owls Birds Breeding 98

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 20, 2012

In 2006, in Yalta private zoo (Ukraine) two white lions were left without mother’s care. According to the words of her master Rob Hall, the holder of Cango Wildlife Ranch in South Africa, her maternal skills were observed since Lisha’s first days in conservation.

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Tigers Zoos Badgers Stray Dog 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2019

These globally threatened raptors breed from Ukraine eastward through Siberia and only a few come to overwinter here. One odd flock of Feral Pigeons above an arable field under deep snow – nothing for them to eat there, but I didn’t give them the attention they deserve and only a few hours later realised that they actually were Stock Doves.

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Birds Geese Serbia Eagles 80

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Sociable Lapwings breed in several areas along the Kazakhstani – Russian border and overwinter in Iraq, Sudan and northwest India.

Endangered Species 101

Endangered Species Species Birds Cattle 101

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2014

My parents are in England, should I be worried about the conflict on the other side of Europe in the Ukraine?” .” I’ll sometimes add “It’s in West Africa, I’ll be in South Africa. ” Ebola is in the news a lot at the moment.

Animal 83

Animal Humane Africa Bats 83

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2016

Because the species ranges from the western shore of the Black Sea in a broad band across southern Ukraine and through Kazakhstan to the Altai, a region that may have the Caspian Sea in its centre but is not characterized by it as much as by its predominant biome: steppes. Why does “steppe” win over “Caspian”?

Kazakhstan 69

Kazakhstan Birds Species Germany 69

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

To support the Ukrainian war effort, I would like to mention a paper on Black-winged Stilt authored by several researchers of Kharkiv University in Ukraine (I know the above does not make any sense but I think it sounds kind of fun, the overblown ego of an irrelevant blog post writer thinking his work has any influence on anything).

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Birds Breeding Fish Eggs 64

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The Greater Spotted Eagle mostly breeds from Ukraine eastward and in Serbia is only a rare but regular wintering species (several birds are recorded every winter). The IUCN/BirdLife International Red List). Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga.

Species 81

Species Serbia Birds Pelicans 81

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

I managed to find one 3rd winter Great Black-backed Gull.

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Birds Serbia Species South Africa 75

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The bird “spent five months on Mindoro Island in the Philippines during the non-breeding season and migrated through Taiwan, the Chinese east coast, and the Korean peninsula” and on to the Russian Far East (indicating a certain lack of solidarity with Ukraine). This is the dark blue adult male (also shown on top of this post).

Birds 97

Birds Species Breeding China 97

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

The Lesser Coucals sometimes try to argue with Chestnut-winged Cuckoos about the morality of having other species raise their chicks (The Lesser Coucal Species Committee also likes to point out that the species neither invaded Ukraine nor ever voted for Donald Trump – they can be a bit boring in insisting on always being on the good side).

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Birds Species Sparrows Animal 103

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2022

Meanwhile at Nanhui, Pied Kingfishers are discussing the Ukraine war, corruption in politics, and rising fish prices. Fengxian also has some Grey-headed Lapwings – both adults … … and juveniles, suggesting that they breed here as well.

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Birds Species Breeding Eggs 59