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November love affair, birds and vines (photo)

10/11/2010 by Ellen Wallace

If you’re a bird, or better yet several thousand birds, the best party in town is any local vineyard where the harvest is long finished but cold weather has held off and the grapes left on the wines are berry berry sweet. The air was filled with beating wings Tuesday near Mont-sur-Rolle, Chateau Chas great […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: birds, harvest, Lake Geneva, leftover grapes, Mont-sur_Rolle, sweet, vineyards

Travelers flock to Geneva airport, so do birds

20/10/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – British Airways flight A319 turned back Wednesday 14 October after striking a bird at Cointrin Airport while  climbing out of Geneva, reports Aviation Herald, which tracks airline incidents. The crew reportedly landed in Geneva 12 minutes after takeoff, after noticing a burning smell: emergency services were on standby, and the flight […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: bird strikes, birds, Cointrin, Geneva, Geneva Airport, GVA, WHP, Wildlife Hazard Prevention unit

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