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Kamikaze Pigeons and a War to Extinction

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Two Feral Pigeons. Three Feral Pigeons. One more Feral Pigeon. One Feral Pigeon. Some lovely and touristy cities of Western Europe are justly proud of their cathedral Peregrines (Barcelona, Norwich, Bristol), even London (which has its charms, but is far from lovely) – why not Belgrade (isn’t proud, I mean)?

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The Collins Bird Guide, 3rd edition

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The Collins Bird Guide covers Europe, North Atlantic islands, much of North Africa and the Middle East. may be more usual for northern Europe? Introduced breeding species and species recorded only as escapees now have all species illustrated (they were not in the #2) and those illustrations larger than before.

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Baby Mute Swans – “immutabilis” morph

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Its natural range in Europe was restricted the the surroundings of the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea, and in Asia it ranged from Asia Minor to central China. Contradicting this relentless shooting were efforts to establish feral populations in many regions of Europe, both within and outside its natural range.

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The Rose-ringed Parakeets of Heidelberg

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It is commonly kept in captivity and has therefore established many feral populations world-wide originating from escaped / released cage birds. and the White Storks are also wild and countable despite breeding at the zoo. Very stupid thing to do. Yes, the Egyptian Geese there are countable.

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Three Interesting Things

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Every spring, billions of migratory songbirds in Europe fly north to their breeding grounds. Unfortunately these are house cats, not feral, that live outdoors (for some reason). So this may not inform us much of what feral cats are doing. Giant Bats Snatch Birds from Night Sky. And daily feces analysis. Birds research'

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Help me Choose the Bird Specialties of Belgrade

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Pygmy Cormorant – winter (it breeds in Serbia, but overwinters in Belgrade). Goosander and Red-breasted Merganser – Belgrade in winter; otherwise, the first one breeds in Serbia. White-tailed Eagle – year round (breeds inside the city). Spanish Sparrow – still ill-numbered but, since recently, breeding near the city.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

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Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers. The chance that this was a real Turkey are not great, and the chance that Columbus actually brought breeding stock from Honduras to Spain is not great, so maybe, maybe not.

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