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An Owl-Full Day

10,000 Birds

The scent of skunk that perfumed one portion of the path at Pelham Bay Park seemed to foretell a skunking for us. The Barred Owl was not where it had been reported, the Great Horned Owls wouldn’t show, and we saw neither a whit nor a bit of a Northern Saw-whet Owl.

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Brewery Ommegang: Short Sleeve Saison

10,000 Birds

Brewery Ommegang of Cooperstown, New York has long been one of my favorite breweries. Better yet, Ommegang’s domestic production allowed drinkers a taste of Belgium at a lower cost than the imports – and without the risk of stale, corked, or skunked beer posed by dusty old bottles after their rough transatlantic passage.

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