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Woodland for sale

10,000 Birds

As of next month I am assuming that the airline industry will have no further use for my services and a bleak outlook looms. The real upside is that it is right by my house and the Tawny Owls occasionally stray into my oak tree at night. The post Woodland for sale appeared first on 10,000 Birds. acres of ancient woodland.

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Nanhui, Shanghai in late autumn

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November and early December can be a frustrating time here at Nanhui – on the one hand, there are fewer and fewer birds as migration slows down. On the other hand, it seems there is a better chance of getting some strays and really rare birds, such as the Ryukyu Minivet described in my last post.

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Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bobolink Saison

10,000 Birds

Birders know that the pairing of farms and birds represents more than mere bucolic romance – it’s a match borne out of a real avian dependence on these man-made landscapes. And of course, there are Cattle Egrets ( Bubulcus ibis ) and several species of cowbirds that rarely stray too far from livestock.

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“A wonderful bird is the pelican” – Pelican Brewing Company: Hazy Rock India Pale Ale

10,000 Birds

In North American birding, east versus west is the most basic geographic division of the continent. Not surprisingly, the challenge is coming from the East Coast in the form of the so-called New England IPA, a beer that has taken the craft beer industry by storm in just a few years. Good birding and happy drinking!

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“How about Pineapple Gose-beak?” – Uinta Brewing Company: Flamingose

10,000 Birds

For every Hefeweizen and Oktoberfest, there’s a slew of forgotten German beer styles, cast aside by the forces of homogeny and hegemony as German brewers industrialized, ultimately emigrating abroad to spread the gospel of lagering and Reinheitsgebot around the world. So it goes? Uinta Brewing Company: Flamingose.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

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He's right with his implication that stopping the seizing of pets and strays simply created a more efficient, effective means of commodifying and torturing dogs and cats. But the entire industry is questionable. But there is a significant contingent who is not as enamored with the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act as he is.

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Searching for vultures in India

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What was the weirdest place you ever birded? The first suspects of pesticide poisoning, industrial pollutants or bacteria proved negative. The disappearance of vultures has allowed other species such as rat and [stray] dog populations to grow. Oddly, I saw no rats, only a mongoose or two and a few stray dogs. A war zone?

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