10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

It breeds on chimneys, roofs, buildings and trees throughout Europe, parts of Asia and even North Africa. An ancient White Stork nest at Ourzazate, Morocco by Adam Riley A pair of Black Storks with a subadult bird by Adam Riley Our final true African stork in Black Stork , another species shared with Europe and Asia.

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Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 250

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

In Pukka’s Promise, Kerasote travels the dog world in Europe and throughout North America interviewing breeders, veterinarians, and leaders of the animal-welfare movement, and uses cutting-edge research to help dog owners rethink the everyday choices they make for their pets. We also get to hear stories about Pukka. “In

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Dogs Animal Welfare Lifestyle Breeders 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2018

The only unstreaked pipit around here and a characteristic breeder of sand dunes is the Tawny Pipit and this one shows well, holding to the grass edge. They are rare breeders here, but at least, this species’ numbers are on the increase. Two European Rollers await us on the wires, while one Eurasian Hoopoe flies by.

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Serbia Eagles Falcons Breeders 162

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Although it wasn’t the optimal period (most migrants already gone and wintering birds not there yet), we were looking forward to discovering a new and less birded region of Europe. Personally, I love exploring new hotspots and discovering new or unusual species when visiting a country. This one was even singing!

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Serbia Switzerland Farming Montenegro 175

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

I haven’t yet been birding in Europe but whenever I occasionally skim a field guide about the birds on the other side of the Atlantic, I’m always encouraged to find that I’m already familiar with many species found over there, even though most of my birding experience has been limited to eastern North America.

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2017 Portugal Rabbits Europe 127

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2016

Laight has recorded some 100 species here, including Slavonian (Horned) Grebe and Red-rumped Swallow (the first is a rare migrant/wintering species only, while the second one is an uncommon breeder). It is the first morning of June, half past six and I am parked at the dam wall, scoping a mile long water surface surrounded with low hills.

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Turtles Serbia Breeding Breeders 142

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Chamois is an agile goat-antelope with short hooked horns, found in mountainous areas of Europe from Spain to the Caucasus. Common Cuckoo is a fascinating bird, an obligate parasitic breeder that employs numerous strategies, including fraud and murder, to survive. Yes, yes, I know, not countable – it’s not a bird.

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2020 Birds Costa Rica Germany 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2024

Only four species breed in Britain – the Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, Corn Bunting and Cirl Bunting, but there are rather more in Europe, of which my favourite is the Black-headed Bunting. This is a Balkan special, and a bird I know well from Greece, Bulgaria and Cyprus. A Dorset Cirl Bunting , with grasshoppers for his chicks.

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Bulgaria Greece Breeders India 244

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Very occasionally though, one might stray down the eastern seaboard of the USA, but for the most part, those that breed in arctic Canada migrate towards Europe and swell numbers there during the winter. In this part (sorry Corey) all those tundran breeders seem to have followed the path most flown.

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Iceland Stray Breeders Canada 261

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Snowy Owls are used in falconry, more so in Europe but they are legal for a few states here in the US. Many get their birds from breeders. It’s not like the guy took the only Snowy Owl reported in the state, he opted to trap one when there is a huge influx of Snowy Owls. Falconers can trap any bird of prey any time they want.

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Wisconsin Falcons Owls Hunting 260

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

And then, we are immersed into the history of falconry–the beauty and wonder of these birds and the “art” of training them and hunting with them traveled from Europe to the Middle East, translating eventually into a new sport–falcon racing. He describes how white Gyrfalcons are prized for their beauty and power.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 259

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2016

The Common Gallinule , is the most wide spread of all the members of the rail family, being found from Canada, to Chile, Europe, Asia, Africa, much of the Pacific, and the Galapagos Islands. These birds have been known to be prolific breeders, with as many as 8 broods a year, and each clutch holding from 5-13 eggs.

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Chile Breeders Asia Mexico 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2013

There is a Linnet at Kissena Corridor Park in Queens, and though I bird this park regularly, the Linnet, a bird regularly found in Europe, Asia, and North Africa and also named in a sweet song by Stephen Sondheim (Green Finch and Linnet Bird from Sweeny Todd) has eluded me. I needed a book showing a Linnet.

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Ireland 2013 Breeders United Kingdom 184

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2024

If you see a flock of kestrels in southern Europe, then the chances are that they will be Lessers, for the Common Kestrel never flocks, though occasionally in summer you will see a family hunting together. And unlike the Common Kestrel, Lessers are highly gregarious.

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Falcons Spain Europe Portugal 243

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Whilst most Turtle Doves present in Morocco during the summer periods are probably local breeders the possibility of late arrivals or early returners from the British breeding population getting caught up in the slaughter was a real threat.

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Morocco Turtles Protest Protesting 186

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2019

There had been works on falconry before Frederick’s time: treatises on falconry date back to the 10 th century in Europe, and King Harold of England (of Battle of Hastings fame) reputedly owned the largest collection of volumes devoted to the subject in all of Europe.

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2015 Italy Falcons Europe 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2024

Azure-winged Magpies are cooperative breeders, and it seems that there is a connection between having a larger repertoire of calls and being a social species (me, not being very social, I usually get by with just three different grunting sounds). But not in Europe either. for a sample of more than 800 species ( source ).

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Birds Europe Science Illinois 241