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Aslin Beer Company/Two Roads Brewing Company: Under the Wire

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Wooden poles were first used to suspend electric telegraph wires along the tracks of Britain’s Great Western Railway in 1843, using a system patented by William Forthergill Cooke. In North America, the United States Fish & Wildlife Service estimates that up to 57 million birds perish every year in collisions with electrical utility lines.

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A Brief Coastal Visit to Oz

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I am hoping that there is an appreciative audience here, willing to learn a little about down-under birds and wildlife. The Banksia flowers are common in coastal environments in Australia and were among the first native plants collected in 1770 during Cook’s voyage up the Australian east coast.

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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl–A Book Review

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“The Volkovs took their food seriously and once they began cooking were a near-unstoppable force” (chapter 13). The fish owl is Jonathan Slaght’s grail and also, more prosaically, his dissertation topic. Slaght has a wonderful talent for depicting people. ’ I still have two questions to answer.

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Collaborative list – April 2019

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Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. 01 Jan 2019. 01 Jan 2019.

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Collaborative list – May 2019

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Montezuma NWR–Wildlife Drive. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Lemmon–Bear Canyon (General Hitchcock Campground). Savannah NWR–Laurel Hill Wildlife Dr. 22 Feb 2019. Otham Fields.

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Collaborative List – March 2019

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Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. 01 Jan 2019. 01 Jan 2019.

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Bradt travel guide to Sri Lanka by Philip Briggs – review

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Yala National Park is brimming with wildlife and there are good chances of seeing Leopard , Sloth Bear and Asian Elephant , while it is also excellent for dry-zone birds, while the nearby Bundala coastal marshes and Palatupana ponds are good spots for shorebirds. And the final 15 pages are devoted to various Glossaries.

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