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Lisbon’s Lezirias in Winter

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The whole estuary is world class with pasture for fighting bulls, rice fields, mudflats, cork oak forests, salt pans and open water. They have many different varieties, and I selflessly tasted/tested a dozen different varieties. Leave the area through the gate again and turn right towards Porto Alto.

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Come See Birds and…Everything

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The best test of that proposition, of course, is to repeat it to any one of the hundreds of thousands of birders who have, say, a family. But we frame these birding highlights within a broader, more comprehensive experience, visiting world-class museums, archaeological sites, and cultural landmarks.

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Is Your Top Candidate Who You Think They Are?

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Best-in-class companies now rely on generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to streamline their hiring process. But you can easily test for technical skills by asking them to complete a project. They may also like a candidate because they seem similar in style, appearance and philosophy to a well-liked departing employee.

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Binocular snobbery

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From Germany we flew to Majorca to test the binoculars in the field (it was a hard life); I remember enjoying watching such delights as black vultures and moustached warblers ( below ) with my new binoculars. I visited the factory a few years ago, and the quality control there is now first class. (I

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

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Dragan]: What puts Philip Briggs’s Sri Lanka into a class of its own is a special emphasis on nature and wildlife-watching tourism. Although I did test them thoroughly later, I knew from that first sight, this pair was made for me. This is the title for the person who lives for both literature and nature.

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Just in Time: Kenn Kaufman’s “A Season on the Wind” — a review

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Not only is Kenn Kaufman a world-class birder and all-around naturalist who makes his living doing what he loves. As a test of endurance, as a physical ordeal, it’s both miraculous and monstrous.” How blessed can one guy be? As Kaufman says: “Four nights and three days in the air. Eighty hours of flying.

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Technically, I Graduated

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Major universities are offering world-class courses to those who want to simply sign in, view or listen in. Though some classes can actually give you credit, for which you’ll have to pay. Classes can sometimes give you access to a professor and other students. Coursework for sales and marketing professionals.