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“The Hawk’s Way” — a book review

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In training, the falconer must never think of rewards and punishments, Nancy Cowan (pictured below, with her Harris’s hawk, Scoter), tells her: “They don’t serve us. She herself is a vegetarian, one of the sort that mourns even roadkill. As Montgomery shows, falconry is different from any other human/animal interaction.

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Horus Aged Ales: Osprey’s Fresh Catch

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Horus is named for the falcon-headed god of ancient Egyptian mythology, a sobriquet chosen in honor of Harrop’s father, an avid falconer. Obviously, this makes some beers inappropriate for vegetarian diets , but given its substantial haze, I doubt any of these went into Osprey’s Fresh Catch.

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Critically Endangered: Sociable Lapwing

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Locals being vegetarians, why are there no birds? Frantic search – Peter is even running by the canal, scanning the fields occasionally. Red-wattled Lapwings are still numerous, but Sociables are still missing. Sam claims that they are always there, 26 of them only a week ago.

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Photogenic Birding in San Vito, Costa Rica

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The food is great (our group enjoyed a fantastic vegetarian gourmet repast at the Casa Botania as well as wonderful meals at the Cascatata del Bosco ), there are some cozy places to stay in fine habitat (the same two places just mentioned), and the climate is pretty much perfect at this 1,000 meter elevation. My view from the Casa Botania.