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A New Year Begins! But First–A Celebration of My 2018 Top Ten Birds

10,000 Birds

So, I was excited to read reports in late 2017 of a pair of Whooping Cranes being seen on a cattle farm. I easily spotted the Whooping Cranes in the cattle field. They were large and rather gawky, with a lot of ‘jewelry’ on their legs, oblivious to the cattle and to me. Did this happen? I don’t know. Great Black Hawk, Maine.

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“Condors over Cologne” – Rogue Ales & Spirits: Condor Kolsch

10,000 Birds

Beset by poaching by cattle ranchers, habitat loss, DDT, and lead poisoning (from consuming shotgun pellets embedded in the condor’s carrion fare), populations of this enormous New World vulture fell into a serious decline in the twentieth century. A portion of all draft and bottle sales of Condor Kolsch will be donated to these programs.