Still a little fight left.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: BIRD-WATCHING bird-watching or birding Observation or identification of wild birds in their natural habitat. Basic equipment includes binoculars, a field guide to aid identification, and a notebook for recording time and place of sightings. takes on new meaning in Afghanistan as men gather in a Kabul market for a quail quail, common name for a variety of small game birds related to the partridge, pheasant, and more distantly to the grouse. There are three subfamilies in the quail family: the New World quails; the Old World quails and partridges; and the true pheasants and seafowls. fight. The Taliban had banned such fighting, along with more intense blood sports blood sports blood npl → sports mpl sanguinaires . But with the religious regime ousted, betting on quail and gamecocks is again the rage in the capital city, with organized dogfights planned by spring. |
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