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Valravn Wines: Sonoma County Old Wine Zinfandel (2015)

10,000 Birds

With Halloween just around the corner, there’s some harmless fun to be had in in indulging in a bit of playful superstition about some of our feathered friends, who – it bears repeating – are generally benign and not the least bit menacing. Good birding and happy drinking – and happy Halloween! *

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The complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

10,000 Birds

.’s Birds of New Guinea notes that the species is often seen moving in “high-flying flocks,” and Coates and Bishop’s Bird of Wallacea declares, “this species has suffered greatly from human predation and is now generally scarce to very rare.” Spotted Green Pigeon ( Caloenas maculata ).