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La Vieille Ferme: Rouge (2016)

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I’ve been dragging my feet on wine reviews here at Booze and Birds for quite some time. Not that I haven’t been searching: by now I have a good backlog of bird-bedecked bottles that I’ve picked up over the last few months, just waiting for the right moment to uncork. This is a bird deserving respect.

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Decoy: Cabernet Sauvignon (2016)

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This just might be a birding joke as old as the hills, but it’s one I hear without fail every year come Christmas Bird Count season in upstate New York. Dad-level bird jokes are right at home at Christmas Bird Count compilation dinners. Good Christmas Bird Counting and happy drinking! I suspect it’s quite possible.

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On the Freezing of Birds

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It was time to feed the bird of prey who was about to be released and while the rehabber was speaking with the interviewer someone emerged from a walk-in freezer with a tray of baby chicks. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. I was watching a news segment on a wildlife rehabilitation center here in Florida.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of March 2011)

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Moved by an unseasonable bout of optimism, I went owl-chasing this weekend and actually encountered what has been a true nemesis bird for me: Northern Saw-whet Owl ! For Corey, this was a weekend without a single standout species but with many birds that were pretty darn neat. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Edgar Allan Poe's “The Raven”

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Inspiration / Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven&# Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven&# By Corey • March 21, 2011 • 4 comments Tweet Share Ravens fascinate people. ’ Then the bird said, `Nevermore.’

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