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Grand River Brewery: 313 Polish Lager

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I wouldn’t discover serious birding until I’d been living in Queens for over a decade, only after making a fateful visit to Jamaica Bay out of sheer curiosity. But our real drink of choice was Zywiec, the best-known brand of Polish beer, which was readily available in many New York City neighborhoods. An eagle (a White-tailed?)

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Horus Aged Ales: Osprey’s Fresh Catch

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When I resumed birding on my own in my late 20s in Queens, I always looked forward to seeing the several pairs of Ospreys nesting at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, a sight made all the more welcome after I learned of their drastic decline in the 1950s and ’60s due to the use of the insecticide DDT, followed by a remarkable population recovery.

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