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The Core Team chose to end 2003 strong. We explored some new terrain today, namely Montauk Point. Montauk is on the easternmost tip of an exceedingly Long Island. The trip is well worth it though. The Point is one of the most rugged, magnificent stretches of Atlantic Coast in the Northeast. If you’re interested in [...]

The Core Team rose before dawn today, quite a departure from our typically retiring ways. We don’t greet the rising sun for just anybody. However, today is the Bronx/Westchester Christmas Bird Count and we had to do our part. Our role was a simple one: ignore common birds and try to pick up some rarities. [...]

The Core Team is celebrating Christmas in Potter County, Pennsylvania. They call this God’s Country, but they must be referring to some cruel deity of winter because it is COLD out here. Snowy, too. But some hearty birds thrive here, due in no small part to the kindness of people like my mother-in-law, Ann. Her [...]

The holidays are a hectic time for the Core Team, pretty much one party after another. However, no one can accuse us of not having our priorities straight. Our birding friend, Bill called us over the weekend confident that he could make good on his promise to show us an owl. He told us that [...]

This week finds me traveling across the country for work. The birding was uninspiring at my Orange County, CA hotel, and I don’t expect much better from my opulent accommodations here on the Baltimore Inner Harbor. That’s not to say that I haven’t learned anything about Maryland birds, because I’ve picked up quite a bit [...]

The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to conserve wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. ABC focuses specifically on overcoming the greatest threats to birds in the Western Hemisphere. ABC draws on people and organizations through bird conservation networks to identify the most critical issues affecting birds in [...]

The Vineyard Gazette has been Martha’s Vineyard’s newspaper of record for the last 157 years. While the Bird News column does not seem as if it’s been running for that long, it does the paper proud. I’ve never been to Martha’s Vineyard, but I imagine the Core Team would feel quite welcome in a community [...]