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The Eyrie Vineyards – Pinot Gris (2017)

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In the end, Oregonian vineyards marketed their wines as pinot gris, while south of the border in California, labels tended prefer the Italian pinot grigio. Interestingly, now that pinot gris-pinot grigio has spread to South America, Australia, and South America, among other places, it’s still only the Germans who call the grape Grauburgunder.

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Bucket Mouth, Chuck-will’s-widow

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I’ve been learning to band birds at the South Florida Bird Observatory. But hands-on bird experience has been a major gap in my knowledge to date and I’m astounded at how much more I’m discovering about birds. I hope to have another experience with ole Bucket Mouth when I’m next out at the nets.

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Come to Brazil with Boute Expeditions

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These thirty-eight years of experience went fast but that is what happens when you have fun, right? Brazil has the largest number of endemics of South America. Please consider using the services described in this post or any of the other posts we are sharing this February. My name is Paulo Boute. The food is fantastic.

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White-Cheeked Pintails

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Three similar subspecies are distributed regionally from the Caribbean to South America and the Galápagos Islands. Paradise Island in the Bahamas is, in my experience, a perfect place to spy these pintails.

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Warblers that Warble

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But my experience suggests there is a fair amount of geographical overlap between the two ranges in my area. Like the Common Yellowthroat , the Yellow Warbler breeds no further south than the central Mexican highlands. swee swee-swee-swee-sweeziweet. Its insect-like buzz reminds me most of the Grasshopper’s Sparrow’s song.

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A Guide to Some Possible Bird Species Splits in Costa Rica

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Taxa that could end up being split into one species occurring north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and one south of the isthmus. (2). A species that lives in both Costa Rica and South America but might be two separate species. (3). One of the South American songs of Tawny-throated Leaftosser.

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Searching for the Elusive and Less-Colorful: The Sinaloa Martin

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They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. The non-breeding distribution is virtually unknown, although they are suspected to winter in northern South America (Howell and Web 1995). Very little is known about this enigmatic species.