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Birding Chongming Island in summer

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.” And after separating all the parts of the boluses and presumably weighing them, your conclusion would have been that “the most regularly occurring food items recorded are fish (63%) and insects (33%)” (the other 4% are the few remaining bits of chocolate and gummy bears brought to the chicks by their grandparents.

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Orange-headed Thrush

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Informed literature bears out my experience that most birds are seen singly or in pairs. The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Wicked, right?

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Trinity Brewing: Le Capitaine Golden Saison Regal

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Here in New York, fall doesn’t begin until this afternoon at 4:02 PM, so I got in what will probably be this year’s first and last review of a saison – a classic and refreshing Belgian beer style generally favored for summer drinking – just under the wire. Trinity Brewing Le Capitaine Golden Saison Regal.

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