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“The Center of the Universe”: Fremont Brewing: Universale Pale Ale

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In upstate New York (where I call I home and do most of my birding), Great Blue Herons serve as both augurs of spring and emblems of wintertime perseverance, depending on the year. I don’t know what I must have been doing to miss such an unmissable bird all of last fall. Turns out I haven’t seen one since locally since late July!

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Some Chinese Pheasants

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Apparently, there is a traditional Chinese saying that seeing one pheasant in the wild is better than seeing ten other birds. Of course, this is nonsense – pheasants are probably among the most overrated of all birds. The name of the bird apparently comes from the color of its tail feathers. The pimps of the avian world.