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January is sort of a birding sprint – you start fresh and, all of a sudden, head for them all. In a typical birding...
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ACT I SCENE I. Iron Gates (Djerdap) national park, Serbia. Small canyon among wooded hills. Morning. Framed by red Permian sandstone, Eric Hyman is...
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