Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!news.funet.fi!ra!misan From: misan@ra.abo.fi (Annika Forsten DC) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Bird War Victims Message-ID: Date: 31 Jan 91 13:46:01 GMT References: <11153@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> <339@tivoli.UUCP> Sender: misan@ra.abo.fi Organization: Abo Academy, Finland Lines: 19 In-reply-to: misan@ra.abo.fi's message of 29 Jan 91 14:25:39 GMT In article misan@ra.abo.fi (Annika Forsten DC) writes: > I don't think there are any Pygmy Cormorants in the area, they breed in > Israel and Turkey. Well, they breed in Irak too, but the main point I forgot to mention is that as far as I know they don't occur in salt water. They breed at lakes or ponds. > a breeding bird island. Species include Bridled and Lesser Crested Terns. Accordin to the Birds of the Middle East and North Africa, Swift Tern breeds somewhere there as well. In todays paper there was a short note that said that Iraq is again pumping oil into the gulf, this time from the Iraqi side of the border. They sure are crazy. Annika Forsten, Finland