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Cyprus forests and avian inhabitants

10,000 Birds

All our six endemics have exclusive or partial populations living in forest habitats – exclusive being the Cyprus Jay Garrulus glandarius glazneri , Cyprus Coal Tit Periparus ater cypriotes , Cyprus Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla dorotheae and Cyprus Scops Owl Otus scops cyprius. That’s quite a lot!

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

10,000 Birds

Vulture Hunts Down and Ravages Sea Turtles – Dale Forbes, 10,000 Birds. Bringing Griffon Vultures into Cyprus – Dan Rhoads, 10,000 Birds. Hooded Vultures , photo by Adam Riley. Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus. Black Vulture – Michael Motto, Iowa Voice. If you Die – Corey Finger, 10,000 Birds. Assorted Vultures.

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Best* Bird Books, Binoculars, Bottles** of Booze, and Backpacks of the Bygone Year

10,000 Birds

Of the dozen gifts mentioned in the Christmas carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” seven are birds: the seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and – of course – a partridge in a pear tree.

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