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Stolpman Vineyards: Para Maria de los Tecolotes (2017)

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A Great Horned Owl illustrated in Game Birds: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy Birds of Prey, Game Birds and Water-Fowls by Neltje Blanchan. Though in general, if my team is game for owling, so am I – the comforts of a warm bed be damned. Considering all that, it’s no surprise that less hardy (or more sensible?)

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

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They became known as “Turkie Fowl” (spelling varies) because they were coming from the general direction of Turkey. The “Fowl” was dropped and the term “Turkey” was applied to other large Galliformes that were encountered in the New World. Bringing animals that would require feed and water at that early stage would have been unwise.

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Sexy Halloween Birds

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We really do have to research the nnsexy because, costumes make EVERYTHING sexy these days. As part of my research, I thought I would see what sexy bird costumes were out there. I suspect the latter based on price, they are most like guinea fowl feathers. Nothing is sacred, not even Big Bird or Honey Badger.

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The Black Album: Black Birders, Blackpoll Warblers, Black-tailed Godwits, Black Flamingos, and more

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Severe weather can stress birds and even influence the coloration of their feathers , new research finds. Scientists investigate the DNA of Hawaii’s free-roaming fowl. Researchers have figured out where the thought-to-be-extinct Bryan’s Shearwater is roosting. Why did the chicken cross the archipelago? Different, but the same?

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