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The Cinereous Vulture

14 November, 2022
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The cinereous vulture, aka black vulture, monk vulture, or Eurasian black vulture, is a large raptor found throughout most of Eurasia. These birds are considered to be the largest of the Old World

The Ortolan Bunting

10 November, 2022
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The ortolan bunting, aka ortolan, can be found throughout Europe, into western Asia, and they migrate down into Africa. They like open landscapes with trees, sparsely distributed shrubs, and thinned out grassy

The Ural Owl

28 October, 2022
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The Ural owl, aka Ural wood owl, can be found in Europe, and throughout Asia. These owls prefer mature primary forests with coniferous trees, deciduous areas, alder, spruce, and other mixed trees, that aren’t too densely packed

The Gouldian Finch

25 October, 2022
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The Gouldian finch, aka lady Gouldian finch, rainbow finch, or Gould’s finch, hails from Australia. They prefer thickets, tropical savannahs, and woodlands with grassy plains; as long as they’re near a water source

The European Honey Buzzard

21 October, 2022
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The European honey buzzard, aka pern or common pern, is more closely related to kites rather than true buzzards. These birds of prey can be found in Europe, Asia, and Africa. They prefer

The Eastern Phoebe

19 October, 2022
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The eastern phoebe is wide spread throughout Canada, United States, and Mexico. These flycatchers prefer farmlands, open woodlands, and suburbs, as long as they’re near a water source

The Pygmy Falcon

18 October, 2022
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The pygmy falcon, aka African pygmy falcon, hails from southern and eastern Africa. These birds of prey are the smallest raptor in Africa. These raptors prefer semi-arid steppe habitats

The Beautiful Bluejay

12 October, 2022
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The bluejay can be found throughout most of Canada, the eastern half of the United States, and just into north eastern Mexico. These birds prefer habitats with plenty of woodlands providing oaks and beeches. They can also

The Griffon Vulture

10 October, 2022
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The griffon vulture, aka Eurasian griffon or Eurasian griffon vulture, can be found in Europe, Africa, and Asia. They prefer plateaus, shrublands, grasslands, mountains, and semi-deserts, and tend to gravitate towards warmer

The Migratory American Robin

4 October, 2022
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The American robin can be found throughout Canada, United States, Mexico, and Central America. They are a migratory song bird that prefers tundra, shrublands, open farmlands, dense forests, woodlands, orchards, gardens

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