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“The Lark Ascending” – Domaine de la Chanteleuserie: Cuvée Alouettes (2017)

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From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Our wine for this week is the 2017 Cuvée Alouettes from Domaine de la Chanteleuserie, a single varietal-wine made from Cabernet Franc, a black grape known locally in the Loire Valley as Cabernet Breton. Domaine de la Chanteleuserie: Cuvée Alouettes (2017).

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of January 2017)

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The year 2016 is done and gone and 2017 beckons us onward, bright and new and shiny, hopefully full of birds. As birders we love the turn of the calendar as it allows us to start a new year list and take stock of the previous year’s sightings, twitches, dips, and photos. See one for yourself at the top of this post.

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Quintas das Arcas: Bicudo Vinho Verde (2017)

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I haven’t yet been birding in Europe but whenever I occasionally skim a field guide about the birds on the other side of the Atlantic, I’m always encouraged to find that I’m already familiar with many species found over there, even though most of my birding experience has been limited to eastern North America. Good birding and happy drinking!

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of March 2017)

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He thinks spring starts with his first migratory Eastern Phoebe of the year so for Corey spring started yesterday, though that might be hard to reconcile with blizzard predicted in New York City tonight and into tomorrow! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of September 2017)

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He had better luck on Sunday, seeing a host of autumn migrants including his Best Bird of the Weekend, an Orange-crowned Warbler at the Queens Botanical Garden that he spotted just before the New York City Audubon bird walk he led. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of February 2017)

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Corey spent Saturday journeying back to New York from the Bahamas and most of Sunday recovering. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Fortunately, before he left he saw some great birds on Friday. Of them, his third Thick-billed Vireo of the trip (and ever!)

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of March 2017)

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Of course, snow and cold still dominate upstate New York, but beautiful, belligerent Blue Jays don’t much care; some have lingered throughout the dark months, but fresh reinforcements have arrived to stake out territory. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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