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The Eyrie Vineyards – Pinot Gris (2017)

10,000 Birds

When the variety was first planted on the West Coast of the United States in the 1970s, American winemakers might have adopted the literal translation “pinot gray” as a linguistic compromise, but perhaps that would risk sacrificing too much invaluable European cachet in those early days of domestic winemaking?

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Preparing to Compile the Queens County Christmas Bird Count

10,000 Birds

Many years of experience have been lost. For thirty-five of those years the compiler was Bob Dieterich, who passed the reins to Ian Resnick in 2008, the year I did my first count. Eventually, when the circle was adopted, it was discovered that some circles overlapped.

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