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Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis): Identification, Hunting and Habitat
The Common Kingfisher is a small blue-and-orange bird of rivers, streams and still water. Learn how to identify it, how it hunts…
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Carrion Crow (Corvus corone): Identification, Intelligence and Everyday Behavior
Carrion Crows are adaptable all-black corvids found across much of Europe. Learn how to identify them, what they eat and why their…
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Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis): Migration, Identification and the Medieval Myth
Barnacle Geese are compact black-and-white Arctic-breeding geese that winter in large flocks. Learn their migration pattern, field marks and the strange historical…
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Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica): Identification, Behavior and Intelligence
Eurasian Magpies are black-and-white corvids with iridescent plumage, broad diets and complex behavior. Learn what science supports—and what common myths get wrong.
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Can Hamsters Eat Tomatoes? Ripe Flesh vs Leaves, Stems and Unripe Fruit
A tiny piece of ripe tomato flesh can be suitable for many hamsters, but leaves, stems and unripe tomato should be avoided.…
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Grey Heron Behavior: Hunting, Nesting and Life in a Heronry
Grey Herons hunt with patience, eat more than fish and often nest communally in heronries. Learn how their feeding, breeding and daily…
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Greylag Goose (Anser anser): Identification, Social Life and Domestication
Greylag Geese are large grey geese of wetlands and farmland and important ancestors of many domestic geese. Learn their field marks, flock…
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Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos): Song, Migration and Conservation
Nightingales are plain brown migratory birds famous for complex song. Learn where they live, why males sing, when they migrate and why…
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Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea): Identification, Habitat, Diet and Range
The Grey Heron is a large wetland bird with long legs, a dagger-like bill and grey, black and white plumage. Learn how…
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European Turtle Dove: Identification, Migration and Conservation
The European Turtle Dove is a small migratory dove with a gentle purring call. Learn how to identify it, where it breeds,…