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Hidden Lake Park, Milpitas, California: 07 March 2005
 

1st winter Thayer’s Gull, 07 March 2005

1st winter Thayer’s Gull (with 1st w Glaucous-winged Gull behind), 07 March 2005

1st winter Thayer’s Gull, 07 March 2005

1st winter Thayer’s Gull (with 1st w Glaucous-winged Gull behind), 07 March 2005

1st summer Thayer’s Gull, 07 March 2005

2nd summer (?) Thayer’s Gull, 07 [...]

While the rest of the United States populace is getting jiggy with corned beef and green beer for St. Patrick’s Day, the Core Team celebrates a holiday far dearer to our hearts. Today is the sacred feast of Masemas, observed by showering a certain wonderful boy with gifts, cake, and lots of special attention. Please [...]

Long Island is absolutely magnificent for winter waterfowl; don’t let anybody tell you different. If you want to pick up eiders, scoters, and all the other birds of the frigid Atlantic coast, the East End is probably the most reliable place to find them south of New England. But one needn’t thread the needle of [...]

San Francisco, California (with Jack Cole and Ed Frost) 07 March 2005
 
Ed (left) and Jack (right)
 
The “Burger King” Round Trip: 07 March 2005
A great day in San Joaquin Valley with two very good friends of mine - Jack Cole (who, with wife Jeannie, I met back in 1991) and Ed Frost (who I met a [...]

When it comes to the number of existing bird species, the math tends towards subtraction rather than addition. The most recent tale of extinction that comes to mind is that of the poor Po’ouli, but extirpations of avians abound. The loss of even a single bird species is tragic, yet if there is any comfort, [...]

Pivot Fields and Wimpey Pits, Dubai, UAE, and Al Jazera Hotel, Jebel Ali
01 March 2005
 
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a constitutional federation of seven emirates; Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah. The federation was formally established on 2 December 1971.

The UAE occupies an area of 83,000 sq km [...]