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Cyprus forests and avian inhabitants

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Of our migrant breeders the Hoopoe Upupa epops along with the Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur , European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus , Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida , Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus and Cretzschmar’s Bunting Emberiza caesia fill our forests with their melodious chorus during spring and summer.

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Birding Deliblato Sands: What I have seen and what I haven’t

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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. A pair of European Turtle Doves on a wire, followed by two soaring Common Buzzards …. They are rare breeders here, but at least, this species’ numbers are on the increase.

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Flying Lemons Everywhere

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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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Computer-modelled Range Maps

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There are 240+ breeding birds in Serbia, but the colonial breeders and raptors were treated separately, and for a few dozen uncommon species there wasn’t enough data for computer modeling software.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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Patrol and enforce wildlife-damaging violations, including the taking of endangered native plants, capturing turtles, riding ATV’s on pedestrian trails, and abandoning fishhooks. The first three sections are brief, presenting a summary of the bird’s current NYC status (migrant, resident, breeder, vagrant, etc.),

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A Little Win

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This email was flagging up the activities of a ‘sporting agency’ in Britain who were offering trips/holidays to Morocco to shoot Turtle Doves. Two of the three companies issued emails or statements suggesting that they would not run tours until they had researched the issue further, a third just removed the advertising.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

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All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. European Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia turtur. ?apljin Dusky Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia lugens. Laguna Lagarto Lodge. 29 Jan 2016. 01 May 2016.

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