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Brouwerij Verhaeghe: Duchesse de Bourgogne

10,000 Birds

In fact, by all accounts, Mary adored sport and was an avid equestrienne, hunter, and falconer. During the hunt, Mary’s horse lost its footing, throwing her from the saddle into a ditch. During the hunt, Mary’s horse lost its footing, throwing her from the saddle into a ditch. A portrait of Mary (ca.

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The Eagle Huntress–A Film Review

10,000 Birds

The Eagle Huntress is a documentary about Aisholpan, her path to becoming an eagle hunter, a cultural heritage usually taken on by males, the family that supports her, and the Mongolian Kazakh community that seeks to continue the ancient tradition with its Golden Eagle Festival. It’s constructed in three acts: Home, Festival, Hunting.

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Linkwood Distillery: 15 Years Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

10,000 Birds

Most of Linkwood’s production is sold to blenders, and it’s in especially high demand as a “top dressing” for labels like Johnnie Walker and White Horse. Swans swim on a small pond on the distillery grounds and deer and otters can be found by a trail that runs beside the burn.

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Birding Iceland on the Fly

10,000 Birds

Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. Still, there are plenty of other birds and animals to see along the way, including Glaucous and other gulls, geese, herds of sheep and Icelandic horses.

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A winter miscellany

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Today these trees – oak, beech and horse chestnut – are like fine icing on a very poor cake. So though I visited Lynford, I didn’t see a Hawfinch on this occasion as I wasn’t there at the right time, though I did meet a number of hopeful Hawfinch hunters (HHHs), none of whom reported a sighting.

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Are We Much Better than Michael Vick?

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Hunters shoot down animals in cold blood for mere sport. Americans systematically exploit and kill animals - sometimes for scientific progress; sometimes for leather jackets, ham sandwiches, or horse-racing. Like Vick, most of us shamelessly abuse and kill animals. Chefs place live lobsters in pots of boiling water.