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Returning to Old Haunts

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For three weeks in June, I traveled up and then down the eastern seaboard visiting ecological research sites. When I was first learning to bird in the summer of 2013, I spent a summer living with my fiance in Virginia Beach. One particular resting place brought me to familiar birding territory: Pleasure House Point, Virginia Beach.

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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

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Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in. Baicich, Margaret A.

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“Valley of the Wild Geese”: Glengoyne 15 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky

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Since 2016, the Glengoyne Distillery has been a corporate supporter of research and conservation efforts by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust to study and counter the decline of the “Greenland” Greater White-fronted Goose in the face of threats like climate change.

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