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A special Pied Oystercatcher

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The parents spent several weeks transporting food to the chick that remained after losing one shortly after it hatched. It has happened…… On April 3rd 2014 he, and I can fairly confidently say “he” now based on the thickness of his bill, returned to where he hatched from in July 2007.

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The Smell of Napalm in the Morning

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Only two years ago, in the spring 2014, Serbia had catastrophic floods. Until the new bridge next to the Beljarica floodplain was finished in 2014, two harbour alternatives were considered, one in the village of Vinca, downriver from Belgrade, and another one within the city, in the suburb of Krnjaca. Is there an alternative?

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Ravenswood Winery: Besieged (2014)

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Thanks to industrialization and modern transportation, the various labors required to make beer are often separated by great distances and divided by vocation. In 2014, the winery released Besieged, a blend of petite Syrah, Carignane, Zinfandel, Syrah, Alicante Bouschet, Barbera, and Mourvedre grapes. alcohol by volume.

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Secrets of the Swamps

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Back in 2014 we stumbled upon a juvenile Double-toothed Kite and that was the first and only time I have ever seen that species well. Crisscrossed by 24″ pipelines transporting oil from numerous offshore platforms, oil companies exercised the strongest presence here. When Nariva Swamp delivers though, you better be ready!

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

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It’s about packaging, marketing, distribution, transportation, and lobbying. million by the EPA in 2012 and was sold to Global Harvest Foods in 2014. Dun’s innovations included advertising in gardening magazines, growing mailing lists, and seasonal catalogs. Scott’s was fined $12.5

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Hong Kong Trip Report: February 2014

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I visited Hong Kong from February 20-27, 2014. And even though transportation is so easy and inexpensive, prepare to walk a lot. Despite impressive, often rampant development, Hong Kong reserves 40% of its land as greenspace. The result is a nature lover’s paradise rich with mountains, beaches, and birds. Lots and lots of birds!

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A Birder Reads a Scientific Paper

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Over two years (2011 and 2012), scientists captured 50 birds and successfully transported them from Niho to Laysan. By September 2014, there were an estimated 164 Millerbirds on Laysan. The details can be truly granular: the “Holohil LB-2N transmitters with mortality sensors” were attached to the birds with “OstoBond.”.