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Grouse in PA, Grouse in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Grouse are the chickens we would love to lay eyes on. One such surprising experience happened with grouse. I daresay Fred wanted to do the hike more than we did but being kids before the digital age, we were always game for outdoor adventures. They also tend to live at low density populations.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of March 2016)

10,000 Birds

While so many spent the weekend obsessing over eggs, others cast their eyes to the feathered fruit of eggs… not necessarily Easter eggs, but different, non-chicken eggs. It’s tough to beat calling red-shoulders interrupting the kickball game with the kids! How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Sowing the Seeds of Veganism

Animal Person

Possible segue into the tie to gaming that's artificial, but legislated, and needs to change. Parlay greyhounds aren't for entertainment to they're not for eating to chickens aren't for eating either (this one takes a couple of minutes + a willing receiver). Segue into horse racing. There are plenty of places to play poker here.

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Birding Shanghai in October 2022

10,000 Birds

I used to play Subbuteo as a kid … a kind of tip-kick football game that was named after this species (apparently, the inventors first wanted to name the game “Hobby” but that was rejected as too generic, or so the story goes). The Eurasian Hobby was another notable raptor of the month. Not this one though.

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De arte venandi cum avibus: San Martino Siir (2015) – Aglianico del Vulture DOC

10,000 Birds

While the hunting of game with trained birds of prey can be a controversial topic among birders , falconry was a valuable early source of information on birds, and its history, culture, and imagery continue to fascinate bird lovers, as we shall see.

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