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Hawking for Nighthawks

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Farmers keep their livestock in this wetland also. Red-breasted Meadowlarks controlled the drier sections while Yellow-hooded Blackbirds occupied the more flooded areas. Arriving before sunrise, we could already see the thick clouds on the horizon. A Striped Cuckoo called in the distance, but we made no effort to find it.

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Awesome Birding at Aripo Savannah

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The lush pastures of the Aripo Livestock Station sustained herds of happy Buffalypso , a special breed of T&T beef cattle named for their Water Buffalo heritage and Calypso-happy country. Last but not least were not one but TWO new species of blackbird for me, both Yellow-hooded and Red-breasted ! In fact, it was.

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

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inhabitants per km², mainly livestock farmers. Blackbird – Turdus merula. Draped in dense forests of black pine, beech, fir, spruce and Scot’s pine, this is one of the least populated areas of Greece, with merely 0.47 At the edge of the forest, above the road, a Roe Deer swiftly disappears between trees.

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Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bobolink Saison

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And of course, there are Cattle Egrets ( Bubulcus ibis ) and several species of cowbirds that rarely stray too far from livestock. Bobolink Saison is a farmhouse-style ale with a true farm country bird for a mascot, that iconic grassland blackbird with an unforgettable song and a slightly silly name: the Bobolink ( Dolichonyx oryzivorus ).

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Companhia das Lezírias ‘Tyto alba’ Vinhas Protegidas Tinto (2013)

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To be honest, I was in a last-minute bind trying to find something appropriately spooky for Hallowe’en, some bottle along the lines of the wines or beers with creepy ravens or blackbird s we’ve enjoyed on this holiday in years past.

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