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Beats the Beltway: a review of Bruce Beehler’s book “Natural Encounters”

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In his blog, Birds and Nature North America, the peripatetic Bruce Beehler professes to cover not just what the title says, but also American culture, American history, and “stories of back-roads travel and camping.” Natural Encounters: Biking, Hiking, and Birding Through the Seasons. It’s a blog well worth visitation.

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Charles Harper’s Birds & Words: A Review of a Classic Reborn

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Charles Harper’s Birds & Word s is the signature book of this bird and nature artist’s career. Charles Harper’s Birds & Word s is the signature book of this bird and nature artist’s career. White article on bird feeding stations. I just count the wings. A tradition was born.

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Whooping Crane at Joe Overstreet Road

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This year was my third year helping to lead trips at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. The Whooping Crane I hoped to see is one of the few remaining birds from the effort to introduce a non-migratory flock of cranes to central Florida, an effort that did not pay off. That number has continued to shrink.

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Hope for Hen Welfare

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A press release I received from the Farm Sanctuary. July 8, 2011 – In a groundbreaking move that should result in the greatest advancement for farmed animals in U.S. July 8, 2011 – In a groundbreaking move that should result in the greatest advancement for farmed animals in U.S.

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Evil Twin Brewing Falco India Pale Ale

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If there’s a “ trash bird ” in the world of craft beer, it’s unquestionably IPA. Instead, he formulates his recipes on paper as blueprints for other brewmasters to follow, farming out production to several far-flung collaborators. As an American-style IPA, Falco is one of its more straightforward products.

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Use it or lose it?

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I’m not going to rehash that war here, seeing as how it is a bird blog and not one about foreign policy, but it is perhaps appropriate to note the maelstrom of violence that has been pretty much ongoing since the neocons went in to make everything better. I’m not a fan of some of the cuts to science, but National came in in 2008.

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Count Your Chickens (In the Florida Keys)

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We birders are very particular about the birds that we count. We can count introduced species that have met the criteria of the “Bird Police” for the area to which they are introduced. There are lots of birds we can’t count. There are lots of birds we can’t count. We can’t count caged birds.

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