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Operation Nix-the-Petting-Zoo, Part Deux

Animal Person

Here's what I learned and will do: Though I recently ended a complete nightmare of an experience on a couple of boards of directors and have sworn off them, I might have to get involved, perhaps at the committee level. The board made the decisions based on what other communities have done (uneventfully and successfully, by their standards).

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Draai Laag Brewing Company: Haviken

10,000 Birds

It was a startling but forgivable experience, and not nearly as unsettling an attack by nesting goshawks (or so I’ve heard): it seems an encounter with Haviken involves a certain amount of risk in either case. And its challenges aren’t nearly as vexing as accipiter identification, I promise. Good birding and happy drinking!

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