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“Christmas in June” – Brasserie au Baron: Saint-Médard Cuvée de Noël

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Brasserie au Baron has its origins in a bistro run by the Bailleux family since 1973 in Gussignies, a small French town along that lies along the river Hogneau right at the border with Belgium’s Hainaut province in the Francophone south of that country. The earliest parts of the church date to the Anglo-Saxon era. Redouté, 7 vols.

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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. When he isn’t traveling the world in search of birds, art, and excitement, Rick Wright lives in northern New Jersey with his family, Alison Beringer and Avril Huang, and their black lab puppy, Quetzal.

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Château de Colombe: Bordeaux Rosé (2017)

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This corner of southwest France is best known for its rich, dark reds, as well as Sauternes, the sweet, white wine produced from grapes affected by noble rot. The estate of Château de Colombe is in the village of Sainte-Colombe, a name it shares with many other places throughout France.

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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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A Greek Wild Cat , photographed near Lake Kerkini I’ve had a few encounters with wild cats, too, in both France and Greece. A Suffolk Otter swimming in the Little Ouse river Not all Otter s want to be photographed But this one emerged, though only briefly The otter is, of course, a member of the weasel family.

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White Storks Everywhere

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And as much as I’ve deplored the tendency to anthropomorphise the family lives of birds , this is one instance where I have to believe it’s worked solidly to avian advantage: seeing the birds tending their nests day in and day out tends to build up warm feelings. And overall, areas where good stork P.R.

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Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of July 2018?

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I and my family will endeavor to stay calm on the road to central Ohio, where we’ll be spending the weekend with more family. Corey will remain local, birding in Queens and rooting for France. So, if you’re on the road this weekend, stay calm, have fun, and don’t drive like an idiot! How about you?

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Birding Nanhui, Shanghai, in September 2021

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Some other members of the shrike family were a bit less testosterone-driven at Nanhui – like this Bull-headed Shrike … … this rather attractive-looking Tiger Shrike … … or one of the many Brown Shrikes passing through Nanhui on migration. (I Then, I was not sure whether this was the right thing to do.

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