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Brewery Ommegang: Idyll Days Pilsner

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Following this early example, weathervanes in classical antiquity often assumed the form of animals and mythological beings – often deifications of the four compass winds – traditions that carried on in Europe long past the fall of Rome. Of course, there may very well have been fowl-inspired weathervanes in ancient Greece and Rome.

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Edgar Allan Poe's “The Raven”

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’ Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning – little relevancy bore; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door - Bird or beast above the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as `Nevermore.’

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of March 2011)

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Highlight was probably a White Throated Rock Thrush, but I’m regretting that I didnt try harder to see a Red Jungle Fowl that I heard. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Thanks for visiting! RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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