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The Vulturine Storks

10,000 Birds

This is a bird with some pedigree. Its the only member of the genus Mycteria in the New World, the rest of its cogeners, a handful of other bald and nearly bald Storks with long curved bills, hail from East Africa and South Asia. This begs the question, how did the Wood Stork end up in the Americas with relatives so far away?

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La Vieille Ferme: Rouge (2016)

10,000 Birds

That’s “c**k-a-doodle-doo” en français: a Red Junglefowl ( Gallus gallus ) in its native habitat in southeast Asia. Introduced, exotic, possibly ship-assisted Red Junglefowl can be found all across France. This week’s bottle is a blended red wine from La Vieille Ferm (“the old farm”).

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