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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Our wine of the week – the 2017 Raimat Saira Albariño – features these graceful, long-necked birds on its label, where the storks take shape in a flying formation of lovely geometric abstractions reminiscent of the work of Charley Harper. Raimat Saira Albariño (2017). Good birding and happy drinking! Three out of five feathers (Good).

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JULY 19, 2019

Our feature this week is a 2017 Chardonnay from Blue Quail Wine of Hopland, California. Blue Quail Chardonnay (2017). The post Blue Quail Wine: Chardonnay (2017) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Just don’t dare serve it over ice! Stay cool out there – and good birding and happy drinking!

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JUNE 21, 2019

This week’s wine is a lovely 2017 rosé from the Chateau de Colombe produced under the Appellation Bordeaux Contrôlée. The 2017 bottling was the sixth vintage of the Château de Colombe rosé and the season is considered an especially good one by the estate, on account of an “Indian summer” that year. Good birding and happy drinking!

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Tussock Jumper Wines: Cabernet Sauvignon (2017). The post Tussock Jumper: Cabernet Sauvignon (2017) appeared first on 10,000 Birds. There are anise and molasses notes in the spicy and fruity palate, with savory touches redolent of black olives, countered by a strongly tannic and oaky finish. Good birding and happy drinking!

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MARCH 12, 2017

I saw my first migratory Eastern Phoebe of 2017 this morning, 12 March, at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, thus kicking off spring for myself over a week 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 2017?

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

The 2017 bottling features a four-to-one blend of Syrah and Petite Verdot grapes, yielding an especially attractive wine, tinted deeply with a rich, reddish purple and showing vivid flashes of amethyst. Stolpman Vineyards: Para Maria de los Tecolotes (2017). Good owling and happy drinking! Four out of five feathers (Excellent).

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DECEMBER 31, 2016

It’s 2017! What was your first bird of the year? Share it, and the story, in the comment section. Hopefully, it was a good one!

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

We also have a hoopoe gracing the label of this week’s wine, the 2017 Vinho Verde “Bicudo” from the Quintas das Arcas vineyards in northern Portugal. Quintas das Arcas: Vinho Verde “Bicudo” (2017). The post Quintas das Arcas: Bicudo Vinho Verde (2017) appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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JANUARY 1, 2017

The year 2016 is done and gone and 2017 beckons us onward, bright and new and shiny, hopefully full of birds. Here’s hoping everyone has a wonderful 2017, full of amazing birds and experiences.

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JANUARY 2, 2017

Here’s hoping that 2017 is a much better year than 2016! Thank all that is good and holy in the world that the abomination that was 2016 is finally in the books. I know I will be doing my best to make it so, especially from a birding perspective. In order to keep my nose to the grindstone (eyes to the binoculars?)

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DECEMBER 17, 2017

With only a few weeks left before we turn the page on 2017, birders around the world have been burning their proverbial candles at both ends to observe as many birds as possible. Did you partake in any Christmas Bird Count excitement this weekend?

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JANUARY 1, 2018

Edwards Deming: The 14 Points : 46,000 views in 2017 (added 3 years ago – 106,000 total views all time). The most popular video posted in 2017 was Deming 101 – Curiosity, Learning, Knowledge, and Improvement by Tim Higgins: 800 views. Edwards Deming Institute You Tube channel in the last year. Those with W.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Therefore, this year’s goal is simple: In 2017, I want to enjoy birds as much as possible. Furthermore, too much of my birding activity depends on the will and want of forces outside my sphere of influence, so even defining a minimum total number or a number of lifers is moot. 16 Jan : a boring train ride to attend a meeting in Bonn.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

It was the month of March, 2017, when I went to Lake Cuitzeo to check up on our migratory waterfowl and shorebirds one last time before they travelled north to breed. Back in 2017 I was shocked to find only 15 ducks over the course of the morning, when I had hoped to find hundreds, or even thousands. This was once my lake.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Don’t panic yet, but do plan for how you’ll spend the rest of 2017 making this birding year one to remember. At last, we flip to the final page of our antiquated paper calendars and are forced to confront the painful but inevitable reality: we only have one more month to pad our year lists! The denouement starts this weekend.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

If you live in the NYC Metro area, you might want to take up the Seatuck Environmental Association 2017 Birding Challenge. Corey will definitely be on the move as he participates in Long Island’s only island-wide birding competition. How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding?

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MARCH 9, 2017

If your part of the world is dealing with the levels of meteorological turmoil my part is, you’ll remember the wild weather of March 2017 for a long, long time. But even if your local breezes are balmy, let’s hope they’re blowing beautiful birds in.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

Since I traveled last weekend, I’m hoping to start logging 2017 birds soon, at least as soon as this polar freezeout blows over. And last Sunday, all of our year lists were wiped clean. Need I say more about the excitement of seeing all your birds, both local and far-flung, anew? How about you?

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MAY 14, 2017

Global Big Day 2017 is in the books, with 15,954 participants submitting 40,698 checklists to eBird accounting for 6,068 species … so far. What a weekend for birders all over the world. I hope you were able to be a part of the festivities.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In ten years of hardcore birding, I have seen Aztec Thrushes only four times, never twice in the same year (2017, 2018, 2019, and now, 2024). Only the 2017 and 2019 sighting were in the same general area; although the first sighting there was of a family unit, and the second was of a single bird.

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JANUARY 15, 2017

Lucky are those, though, who have added new birds to their life list since 2017 began. Two weeks into January, most birders cannot help but have new birds on their new year list. New birds early in new years set an excellent tone for what is to come. But maybe that’s just my lifer buzz talking.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

Collared Kingfisher (Brisbane, Australia, Jan 2017). White-throated Kingfisher (Delhi and Mumbai, India, Feb and Apr 2019; Nabang, China, Mar 2017; Singapore, Nov 2015). Belted Kingfisher (Reno, USA, Jan 2015). Black-capped Kingfisher (Nanhui, China, May 2018). Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Bateleur and Mkuze, Nov 2018).

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JANUARY 8, 2019

In September of 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by two powerful hurricanes: it was grazed by Irma and then clobbered by Maria, a Category 4 storm that cut a devastating swath across the island. There have been two counts since Maria: on December 17, 2017, and December 16, 2018. The 2018 CBC tallied 2,492 birds of 87 species.

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OCTOBER 14, 2017

eBird your sightings : Always a worthwhile endeavor but especially for folks like me who want to identify more than 700 species during 2017. Such as the eye-pleasing Chestnut-colored Woodpecker.

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MAY 5, 2017

Surely you heard some variation of that directive during 2017 sales kickoff season. While it certainly doesn’t work for every industry, the enterprise approach, aka “partnership selling,” is a trend that will continue to grow in 2017 and beyond. There’s a huge opportunity to increase efficiency for the sales organization in 2017.

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JANUARY 7, 2017

Wishing all birders who come to Costa Rica in 2017 the best of luck, hope to meet you while watching an antswarm! Seeing this shy, pretty uncommon species is a question of patience and luck in quality foothill and middle elevation forest. There are actually two Yellow-throated Toucans in this picture.

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OCTOBER 25, 2017

For the last several years, I have produced a small run of calendars for my fiends and family. The best 12 images of the previous year.

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MARCH 13, 2021

2017 – 12 March. As I have for years now, 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 2021? And was it late or early? 2021 – 13 March. 2020 – 15 March. 2019 – 17 March. 2018 – 30 March. 2016 – 18 March. 2015 – 28 March. Enjoy spring!

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JANUARY 18, 2018

With only a few more days left, 2017 was coming to a close. Focused on watching the eagle, I am deaf and blind to anything else, but Kostas warns me of the honking sounds made by Common Cranes , 18 of them in flight, then 7, plus 6 more, 31 cranes in total and my species #399 for 2017! The solution? The Kerkini Lake.

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JANUARY 11, 2022

The last full audit seems to have been in 2017 and the independent auditor’s report is alarming (emphasis added): “The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Association will continue as a going concern. Even with the auditor’s warning, it appears the ABA ran annual operating deficits in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2017

Playing off the popularity of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, Petplan’s Tournament of Tails features adoptable pets from 32 shelters across the country vying for the crown of top dog or cat. More importantly, the tournament brings much-needed awareness for … Continue reading →

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2024

I finally became the first person to pass him up in first place for the state in 2017, a full 52 years after he finished his work here. Well, Chester Lamb was a researcher for University of California, Berkeley… who died in 1965. His lists were included in eBird posthumously.)

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JUNE 3, 2017

May saw eBird’s Global Big Day, a collaborative effort that puts our humble endeavours in the shade. Our beats were out waving their binoculars around, contributing to the 50,000 checklists submitted and boosting the total which exceeded 6,500 species.

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APRIL 23, 2017

The World Health Organization declared April 7th, 2017 as World Health Day, a day focusing on mental health, but it’s also a year-long campaign which aims to educate, raise awareness and help people suffering from mental illness. Depression, Anxiety, and … Continue reading →

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MARCH 15, 2020

2017 – 12 March. As I have for years now, 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 2020? And was it late or early? 2020 – 15 March. 2019 – 17 March. 2018 – 30 March. 2016 – 18 March. 2015 – 28 March. 2014 – 29 March. 2013 – 24 March.

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MAY 8, 2017

Can a family-focused trip—even to one of the world’s most biodiverse countries—deliver enough opportunities for avian observation to satisfy this serious world birder? If you have kids, you’re probably as curious as I was. The short answer, I’m happy to report, is a resounding yes.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

It is autumn, the time of year when wood-warblers are allegedly at their most difficult. But that isn’t tough enough for 10,000 Birds readers: no, we have to make things a bit more, shall we say, diabolical? Yes, that’s right, it is time once again for a diabolical identification quiz on 10,000 Birds!

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