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Grand River Brewery: 313 Polish Lager

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Instead, my earliest drinking experiences in Queens centered around imported beer, a fitting circumstance in this borough of immigrants, now that I think about it. And more importantly for us, unlike Zywiec, 313 Polish Lager features a bird: the orzel bialy , the white eagle that adorns the national coat of arms of Poland.

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Enjoying the Orange Peril

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It proved strong enough to take the many knocks and falls that a hard-used scope experiences during its lifetime. I was placed one year with a photograph of little egrets, taken at Kerkini in Greece, while the following year I won the class with a shot of Wryneck, photographed in an orchard in Poland ( above ).

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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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It was an exciting experience, though a remarkably chilly one, as winters in Castile and León can be very cold. I’ve yet to see an English pine marten, but I once watched one hunting red squirrels in the Bialowieza Forest in Poland. My only wolf sightings have been in Spain, in December, and at great range.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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and also Modern Iraq, Egypt, Albania, Mexico, Poland and the Philippines. Cocker put out a call for people’s personal experiences with birds and people responded, over 600 people, most of who are credited in the Acknowledgements section. Cocker focuses on the love-hate relationship we have with raptors.

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