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My eBird Citizen Science Experiment

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We drove for about 290 km through the 400 square kilometres expanse of Pancevacki Rit and found 8 breeding colonies with 252 occupied nests, or a density of 1.6 Birds city birds crows eBird Europe Serbia' Two years ago, I was counting active nests of Rooks in the flat agricultural landscape north of Belgrade, Serbia. nests per 1 km2.

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The most important book about European birds in this century

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The adventure of the second European Breeding Bird Atlas, or EBBA2, was the topic of one of my first posts here at 10,000 Birds: In a warm Catalonian March, Barcelona is filled with sunlight and full of Rose-ringed and Monk Parakeets. In a very short time, we get two responses, two birds calling from opposite directions.

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Climate Change And Birds: Europe vs. North America

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I want to alert you to a recent study (from April) that looks at the plight of bird populations under conditions of climate change in Europe and North America. The study looked at common birds, and used data divided by either state (in the US) or country (in Europe). Again, Europe is on the left, North America is on the right.

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Emerging birding destinations: Serbia

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It can still be an entirely opposite end of a continent, but – if you are residing in Europe – the flight can be as short as one (from Germany) to two hours (from UK). I am talking of the very heart of the Balkans and the final birding frontier of Europe: Serbia. The country has one eBird hotspot with 200+ and 62 more with 100+ birds.

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South Africa’s endemic birds

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Males of this species are more brightly colored in their non-breeding winter plumage. In 1996, several pipit specimens were collected for DNA analysis and it turned out that there was not one, but two new species to science in this sample!

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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. Museum of Natural Sciences and N.C. But did you know that there is a bat that specializes in eating birds that are migrating at night? Giant Bats Snatch Birds from Night Sky. A group of researchers at the N.C.

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Where to watch shorebirds around Belgrade, Serbia

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Shorebirds (in Europe: waders) must be an acquired birding taste. In Europe, people start birding when they see a Common Kingfisher or a Golden Oriole , hoping to see more jewels like that, but not a Wood Sandpiper. Quarter of a century later, I jumped at an opportunity to study environmental sciences, and guess what awaited me there?

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