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Old Crow Distillery Company: Old Crow

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Gaines and Company continued distilling bourbon according to his recipe. Old Crow’s parent company was sold to Jim Beam in 1987 and the new owners abandoned the Old Crow distillery and whichever version of the “original” recipe was being followed at the time. Old Crow Distillery Company: Old Crow.

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Mendocino Brewing Company: Red Tail Amber Ale

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When I began reviewing beers for 10,000 Birds, I knew I would eventually get around to writing about the Mendocino Brewing Company. However, that very week came the unfortunate news that the Mendocino was shutting down along with its New York sister brewery, Saratoga Brewing Company. Mendocino Brewing Company: Red Tail Amber Ale.

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Birding Lake Kerkini, Greece: Three Lazy Days

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The service was fast, the dishes great, prices moderate and the company priceless. Great White Pelicans by Kostas Papadopoulos We devoted the afternoon to the small, abandoned and revitalised quarry behind the hamlet of Chimarros. The next day was the one when I woke up early – the only time on this trip.

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A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World’s Most Misunderstood Bird: A Book Review by a Pigeon Cynic

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Workman Publishing Company, October 2021, 5 x 0.76 “Pigeons have lost their usefulness. And when we stop thinking that animals are useful, we find it a whole lot easier to hate them” (p. Wishing you all good birds, safe birding, and joyous twitches! by Rosemary Mosco. inches, 240 pages, $14.95.

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The Pleasures of Collective Nouns and Murder — a Review

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To the police men and women that he supervises, he can often seem disengaged, following investigatory paths that the others have abandoned, or see no promise in. As his boss, the leader of the station, Colleen Shepherd, says, “He does so like his obtuse angles.”.

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The Endangered Andean Flamingo

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Mining companies have established themselves adjacent to the flamingos’ nesting sites and feeding sites. (Photo: Marcio Cabral de Mora – Flickr). Mining activities pose a current threat to the Andean Flamingo.

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Splish Splash, Chicago

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A Common Grackle appeared to be more reluctant to take the plunge into the shallow water, but once it did, it thrashed about with abandon. Thanks to Meredith for her company during our play-date and for taking the time to show me round. He struck me as rather relaxed. In the same situation, I would have been more wary.

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