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Finding birds in Deliblato Sands Reserve, part 2/3: the Labudovo okno Ramsar Wetland

March 26, 2020 by Dragan No Comments

LABUDOVO OKNO Ramsar Site and an Important Bird Area represents a section of the Danube floodplain downriver from Belgrade, Serbia, and situated in the...

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Finding birds in Deliblato Sands, part 1/3: the largest sand dune system of Europe

March 12, 2020 by Dragan 2 Comments

It has been a while since I wrote on where to watch birds (unbelievable, I know), and will now focus on the nature reserve...

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12 countries with the greatest bird species density

December 5, 2019 by Dragan 6 Comments

The Species per Square Mile Approach While Colombia may have almost 2000 bird species, it is a huge country with, still, complicated long-distance travel...

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How to Bird on Crutches

November 7, 2019 by Dragan 3 Comments

Clearly, it is easier said than done. And after three decades of walking on crutches, I still do not know how to answer the...

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Foreign Languages on a Birding Trip

September 12, 2019 by Dragan No Comments

Don’t you hate it when you cannot communicate while birding overseas? Having mobility issues, I still remember birding from a van along a rather...

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Analogue vs. digital birding

August 1, 2019 by Dragan 4 Comments

Looking at a photo of a dozen birders on a Colombia tour, it struck me that they were either using binoculars or cameras. Not...

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Where to watch shorebirds around Belgrade, Serbia

April 11, 2019 by Dragan No Comments

Shorebirds (in Europe: waders) must be an acquired birding taste. No one starts birding dreaming of drab-coloured, unobtrusive and, far on a mud-bar, largely...