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Birding (and drinking mezcal) in Oaxaca, Mexico

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By Hannah Buschert Hannah Buschert started birding in college thanks to a required Biology of Birds course and a professor who included Sir David Attenborough’s Life of Birds to punctuate lessons. The first we went to was a family home with generations of mezcaleros and the process being completed in their front courtyard.

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Peeps and Plovers on Cuitzeo Beaches

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For a few years now, every time they visit their family here, he or they go with me to bird my favorite sites. Speaking of trained professionals, I always learn new things when I get to bird with biologist friends. Jonathan, of course, found this area.) His wife, Fany, is also a biologist, and is from Morelia. Laughing Gulls ?

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Château de Colombe: Bordeaux Rosé (2017)

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Most birders would guess the village name has something to do with pigeons and doves, and of course it does: “Sainte-Colombe” means “Holy Dove” in French. Its holiness may not be in question, but from the label drawing, I’m not quite sure which species of the family Columbidae the Sainte-Colombe pigeon belongs to.

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Debbie Souza-Pappas: Our Trapped Golden Eagle

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Ipsen of Payson Family Pet Hospital in Payson, Utah, is our wildlife vet and very skilled at orthopedic surgeries. If that goes well, then we anticipate another 4-8 weeks for conditioning and evaluating him for potential release, which of course, is the goal. Our veterinarian, Dr. Jay D.

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4 The Love Of Animals

After all, she currently has four fur babies– all tuxedo cats (formerly strays) from the same family! And of course, the three are named after old Hollywood stars — Brando, Jimmy Dean and Monty.

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Killingholme Haven Pits revisited

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We flew from Broome to Manchester on September 28th via Perth and arrived to rain early on September 29th, but we were soon on the train to Habrough and over those two and a half hours we soon had a list started of UK birds! Another exciting find on October 27th was a family of Whooper Swans at the Killingholme Haven Pits.

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Five Things I Learned While Birding in Germany

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We are back from our ten-day family vacation to Berlin and Prague and it was awesome. Hooded Crow at the Berlin Hauptbahnhof (main train station) Hooded Crows , or, as the Germans call them, Fog Crows (though in German of course), are everywhere in Berlin. Nothing, that’s what! You never get tired of Hooded Crows.

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