10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2020
The song of the skylark is also heard across the Channel in France, where the bird is known as the alouette of children’s song fame. Our wine for this week is the 2017 Cuvée Alouettes from Domaine de la Chanteleuserie, a single varietal-wine made from Cabernet Franc, a black grape known locally in the Loire Valley as Cabernet Breton.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 6, 2021
Most of them based in a single attractive, historic, and easily walkable city or town, my tours, under VENT’s Birds, Nature, and Culture rubric, always see plenty of birds: hoopoes and rollers in France, Great Bustards and bean geese in Germany, Fulvous Owls and Black-capped Swallows in Guatemala are just a few examples.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2013
In parts of Western Europe, it is considered to be “exotic” because it has been introduced, possibly by anglers, in lakes and rivers in France and the Iberian Peninsula. My own experience at catching catfish (big ones!) It has also found its way to Japan where it is considered to be an invasive species. Catfish in the range of 1.0
10,000 Birds
JUNE 19, 2012
I do try to experience and learn as much as I can on every trip and my week in Hungary was no exception. Every Song Thrush is French, even those that have never been to France. Many thanks to Swarovski Optik for inviting me along and letting me experience the natural wonders of the wonderful country of Hungary. ……… a.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 10, 2015
In the Old World, Horned (Slavonian) Grebe breeds in a wide belt stretching from Scandinavia to Kamchatka and it spends winters along sea coasts, from Japan to China and from Norway to France, plus the Adriatic and the Black Sea (west and east of the Balkans, respectively). Which costed me a lifer.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 12, 2024
A Greek Wild Cat , photographed near Lake Kerkini I’ve had a few encounters with wild cats, too, in both France and Greece. It was an exciting experience, though a remarkably chilly one, as winters in Castile and León can be very cold. My only wolf sightings have been in Spain, in December, and at great range.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2013
She has lived in Maine, California, France, New York, and currently makes her home in Washington, DC. Though the trees were shipped to Washington and planted by man, and though the Tidal Basin is man-made, paying special attention to the birds among the cherry blossoms enhanced the entire experience for me.
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