10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2022

The 2018 Paraduxx is made mostly from Cabernet Sauvignon, with smaller contributions from Zinfandel, Petit Verdot, Petite Sirah, Syrah, and Cabernet Franc. I saw a few just last month, so it was nice to be able to pop open this bottle to celebrate the return of this fine-looking bird with a fine wine.

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Reddit Animals

MAY 4, 2024

South of France in the mountains Thanks :) submitted by /u/TallPresence1819 [link] [comments] No idea what it is !

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2023

Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900), a director to the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, whose study of bird fossils led to the discovery of tropical birds such as trogons and parrots from prehistoric France. eBird admits that the black chin of the Black-chinned Yuhina is “not very noticeable” But it is a cute bird.

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Reddit Animals

JUNE 19, 2021

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Reddit Animals

JULY 18, 2021

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2020

Though its origins aren’t known with great certainty, it likely comes from France, having been long documented in the Rhône valley. The wine spends four months aging in French and American oak barriques, from which it emerges with an aroma of dark berries and a hint of baking spice.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2022

But we do give the tough, barnyard fowl its due on occasion, most notably in these past posts discussing the chicken as a national symbol of France and its appearance on weathervanes. There’s not nearly as much symbolism to delve into with the playful gallery of poultry portraits that adorns Pluck Pluck Pluck.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Everything is fair game to gulls, as shown in this vintage advertisement for Paillette, a brewery in Normandy, France. Summer may be over, but beachgoers around the world know to keep an eye on anything edible or drinkable they may be enjoying at the beach – including their beers.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2022

King Alexander I of Yugoslavia was known for his hunting forays into this forest, only months prior to his assassination during a 1934 state visit to France. Photo by Surcin Municipality. During WWII, the forest was used as a base of the local Partisan squad (the communist resistance), hiding in subterranean shelters.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2023

Dave Gosney’s Finding Birds Series covers mostly the Western Palearctic and describes birding in various regions of Portugal, Spain, Morocco, France, Finland, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, etc., with some additions, namely South Texas, The Gambia, and Goa (India).

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

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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Reddit Animals

AUGUST 16, 2022

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10,000 Birds

JULY 12, 2018

Corey will remain local, birding in Queens and rooting for France. 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. How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding? Share your plans in the comments below.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2013

You can see the bill in action on the following images, taken in the Camargue, southern France, in January 2013. Make sure to check back all Pink Bird Weekend long as we delve into every possible pulchritudinous pink bird we can think of… Birds flamingos France Pink Bird Weekend' So I guess I’ll believe it. Of course not!

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10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2013

The comprehension – or rather revelation – came this January during a trip to southern France’s Camargue where Greater Flamingos can be considered a part of the landscape. Below, you can see a picture of a Greater flamingo in flight, taken at France’s Camargue this January. Of course not!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2017

If there’s one common theme to this week’s bird news items, it’s their collective bizarreness: The eagle has landed—on the drone, as France trains birds to take out drones that stray into restricted airspace.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2024

Over 150 headstarted Curlew chicks have also been colour-ringed as it is vital to assess the return rates and survival of these captive-reared individuals too.”

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2023

Eventually, by the middle of the book, Darlington’s wanderlust, and desire to see more of owl species that are scarce in Britain, send her onto the continent: for the Little Owl, to France (where birdwatchers, she says, are decidedly unpopular; the French prefer shooting birds to hunting them nonviolently); to Southern Spain and then Finland for the (..)

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Reddit Animals

JULY 16, 2023

I live in the south of France if it give more info on what type of bird it little guy is submitted by /u/True-Particular-1866 [link] [comments] My mom would never buy some special bird things for just one random bird. I really have no idea what to do.

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Critter News

JULY 20, 2009

This is a good thing. We've been overfishing the bluefish tuna to near-extinction along with many other species. I used to work for a seafood company and my current work still brings me in contact with the industry. Greedy, anti-government, and anti-regulation monstrosities.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2013

Below, Common Cranes soar over Chateau Chenonceau in France. The result appears to be a chance to birdwatch as you never have before—namely, from the perspective of fellow birds. How cool is that? Above, Snow Geese approach the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Both images by John Downer Productions and courtesy of PBS/Nature.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2019

Mary, as the duke’s only child, was named heir and worked quickly to arrange a marriage aligning her imperiled realm with the powerful House of Habsburg in August of that year, a union that denied Burgundian inheritance to the infuriated Valois monarchy of France and ensured centuries of enmity between France and the Habsburgs.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

… Have I seen a Corn Crake… maybe in France? No, I’d remember that, I didn’t see that many birds in France. Instead, I stare at my phone while my brain goes through something like this, “Corn Crake? Is that even possible? Isn’t it a Eurasian bird?… What if it’s an escapee?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2024

The distinctive shape of the antlers is typical of stags in Central Spain An impressive multi-pointed Red Deer stag , photographed in Norfolk where such big stags are not unusual thanks to good feeding When birding abroad, I’ve seen Roe in many different countries, from France to Greece.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2021

For example, the main article states that “At Lac de Grand Lieu, W France, birds commute 2–38 km between colony and feeding territories.” (I know, easy to say for a German after having lost a couple of world wars, but still true). The HBW also has some interesting details about the Grey Heron.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The estate of Jean de la Fontaine in Hauts-de-France produces a brut Champagne named L’Eloquente with a very Gallic chicken silhouette on the label, and South Australia’s Bird in Hand winery makes sparkling wines as well. I know there are a few out there, but none that have been available to me locally.

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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 more than 50 years before I was to see another lynx, not in the Doñana, but in the Sierra Morena mountains to the north, which is now the best place to see these handsome cats in the wild.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2013

Make sure to check back all Pink Bird Weekend long as we delve into every possible pulchritudinous pink bird we can think of… Birds courtship flamingos France Pink Bird Weekend' Of course not!

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2024

You better have CFA (West African Francs). Crossing the border into Senegal is a multi-step process that is super complicated with no instructions. And then driving in Senegal? We were met with regular checkpoints and were hassled by local authorities.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 9, 2010

The two-month operation involved national enforcement agencies in six tiger-range countries (China, India, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam) and was coordinated by INTERPOL's Environmental Crime Program at its headquarters in Lyon, France.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2012

Because of all the places it could have called its winter home, it chose the Rhine separating Huningue and Weil am Rhein, the border triangle of Switzerland, France and Germany. I know birders who have done this, and it is an exercise in boredom.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Some employees from firms in Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland had "puppy killer" and "scum" daubed on their houses. The campaign also used tactics such as false allegations of paedophilia against managers of the supply companies, and posting sanitary towels to their homes saying the blood was contaminated with the AIDS virus.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2013

Birding Birds Destinations France La Reserve Ornithologique du Teich wildlife rehabilitation' From the middle of the melee a man glared up at us, as if he suspected we were secretly rooting for Spain. “ I cried, holding up my hands. We’re just here for the oiseaux!”.

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Critter News

MARCH 5, 2009

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." ~ Anatole France.

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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).

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

The plot in 1943 to drop the birds into German-occupied France is revealed in newly declassified MI5 files released by the National Archives. Interesting story out of the BBC. British spy chiefs drew up secret plans to use pigeons to spread false rumours about the impending D-Day landings.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

France began circulating a draft resolution on Monday that would temporarily authorize an additional 3,085 troops and police officers for the peacekeeping mission in the Congo to protect civilians in the eastern part of the country. The rebels insist the gorillas are safe. “We We are protecting them,” said Babu Amani, a rebel spokesman.

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