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Tenet Wines: The Pundit Syrah (2016)

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At the risk of yet again reinforcing our predictable North American slant at Booze and Birds, it has to be noted that this year’s United States presidential campaign season has certainly been an occasion for drinking, especially as we enter the final two weeks before the election.

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Some therapeutic post-lockdown birding

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Still, the ease of restrictions allowed me to escape some of the elections campaign torture through the media and exchange it for the soothing sensation of being in a deep and damp conifer forests in the rain. Cover photo: Little Owl by Zeynel Cebeci / Wikimedia Commons. Forest bathing?

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The Black Album: Black Birders, Blackpoll Warblers, Black-tailed Godwits, Black Flamingos, and more

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Props on the sweet Barred Owl call, too. “I Only you can help prevent three threatened Australian birds from permanently falling victim to sugar gliders, according to a crowdfunding campaign. What kind of miscreant kicks a Barn Owl in mid-flight? And last but not least, get your owl snark on. No, you didn’t.

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What is the National Bird of Aruba?

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Many of us picture owls in the sky, silently soaring, or perched atop tree branches or light poles as they sleep or keep an eye out for prey. However, on my first trip to Aruba I scanned the ground for a very special type of small owl, known for its terrestrial antics.

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

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212) who trap, follow, and analyze the migration paths of Snowy Owls, a project founded in 2013, the magic year of the Snowy Owl irruption. Author Scott Weidensaul and a Snow Owl. Photograph by Chris DeSorbo, © 2021 Scott Weidensaul. It is often hard to be positive. But Weidensaul seems to have optimism in his DNA.

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DDT, oil spills, and a wall.

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Official Sierra Club Grassroots Network Campaign – social media actions. Borderlands Campaign – Sierra Club Facebook group for this issue. Also opposed to that wall: The Owls of Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Texas. . * S ierra Club Environmental Impact Brochure – with the list of laws being waived.

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The Devil Is In The D-Con

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An owl who eats a rat poisoned by a farmer or a pest-control company will die the same death as one poisoned by a homeowner. Among its manufacturers are Reckitt-Benckiser, which will no doubt begin a vigorous bromethalin campaign to make up for the 12 types of D-Con snatched from its homeowner market.

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