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A.A. Badenhorst Family Wines ? The Curator White Blend (2016)

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Badenhorst, a Swartland winery founded in 2008 by cousins Hein and Adi Badenhorst. The grapes used in the Curator come from mostly old-vine plantings dating to the 1950s and ‘60s, with the 2016 edition comprising a blend of three parts Chenin Blanc and one part each of Chardonnay and Viognier. The Curator is an annual release from A.A.

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First Phoebe of 2016

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I saw my first migratory Eastern Phoebe of 2016 on 18 March at Kissena Park, thus kicking off spring for myself two days early. As I have for the last several years, I will now ask the same question of midwesterners and northeasterners that I ask every year: When did you see your first Eastern Phoebe of 2016? 2008 – 21 March.

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First Phoebe of 2017

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2016 – 18 March. 2008 – 21 March. Below are my first dates for the last ten years if you are really interested in such things…. 2017 – 12 March. 2015 – 28 March. 2014 – 29 March. 2013 – 24 March. 2012 – 15 March. 2011 – 19 March. 2010 – 31 March. 2009 – 15 March.

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My Birding Goals for 2017

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Thank all that is good and holy in the world that the abomination that was 2016 is finally in the books. Here’s hoping that 2017 is a much better year than 2016! All of 2016 only netted me one new species for Queens, a Greater White-fronted Goose. I failed to do so in 2016 and that really sucks. Will I achieve them?

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“Keep your taxonomy out of my field guide” – revisited

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Birds of Borneo (2009): based on taxonomic order from 2008, with some changes due to practical reasons, review here. Rheindt: Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago (2016): based on current taxonomy (see above). Phillipps, Q. & van Balen, N. Brickle & F. You need to refer to the index for all four books.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology.

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Pied Oystercatcher breeding season 2018

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The last successful breeding year was in 2016 when the eggs were laid a little earlier than the usual July 1st and one chick did survive to join other Pied Oystercatchers in a non-breeding flock for a few years. He last raised a chick successfully in 2016 and has nested in this area since 2008.

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