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MARCH 11, 2013

A similar citizen science project in the Czech Republic was a huge success. Therefore, the general public can record yellowhammer songs in their vicinity, upload the recordings, and thus contribute to a large scale research project that would not. Can it work? During two years, more than 1,700 recordings were obtained.

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MAY 18, 2013

This is the Czech Republic entry for 2009; [link]. Tonight, Malmo hosts the high camp drama that is the Eurovision Song Contest. It is a celebration of trite, ridiculous and frankly disturbing pop music. Titles of previous winning songs have included; “Ding-a Dong”, “Boom Bang-a-bang”, “La La La”, “Diggi-Loo Diggy-Lay”.

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MARCH 2, 2017

The next day I found out that about 750 km / 470 mi north from here, in Prague, capital city of the Czech Republic, Ivan Miksik, one of the most active Czech ringers sent this message in January, two years ago. Which didn’t matter anymore because I was already high on endorphin. And I was the first one to read it.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

We had a wonderful family vacation in Germany and the Czech Republic during which I managed to do a bit of birding. My contributions included Killdeer , Barred Warbler , and Song Thrush. fledgling Song Thrush about to be fed. Adding a new shorebird to my Queens list was a big plus as well!

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