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Decoy: Cabernet Sauvignon (2016)

10,000 Birds

Over time, the word “decoy” has lost its fowling connotations and has come to mean any kind of trick or fakery. Decoy wines are notable in being made to enjoy upon release, along with a modest price tag that belies the good quality of these young vintages. It’s also the name of a line of wines produced by Duckhorn Vineyards of St.

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Edgar Allan Poe's “The Raven”

10,000 Birds

’ Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning – little relevancy bore; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door - Bird or beast above the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as `Nevermore.’

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of March 2011)

10,000 Birds

Highlight was probably a White Throated Rock Thrush, but I’m regretting that I didnt try harder to see a Red Jungle Fowl that I heard. Tags: best b , weekend • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. Get yours today!

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

Animal Ethics

Most moral vegetarians list fish and fowl as animals one should not eat. Tags: Moral Vegetarianism. For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. What Meat Should Not Be Eaten? What is forbidden meat? But what about microorganisms? In this sense, they would not be being exploited.

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On the Freezing of Birds

Animal Person

Note to everyone who works with birds and water fowl: Hypothermia and rapid freezing are not appropriate methods of euthanasia and are not considered to be humane unless the animal is anesthetized prior to freezing. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language.

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La Vieille Ferme: Rouge (2016)

10,000 Birds

And that’s not all: I’m even relaxing my unwritten prohibition against featuring domestic fowl. It’s undoubtedly a familiar wine shop sight to many, distinguished not least of all by its affordable price tag. I suspect I won’t be the only one drinking French wine this weekend. So I survived. Good birding and drinking!

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