10,000 Birds

…is an upstate New York native, hailing from the the small town of Saugerties, which is nestled nicely between the mighty Hudson River and the scenic Catskill Mountains.

Currently he is living in Queens where he is adjusting to the pace of life in the big city. He lives with the love of his life, Daisy, whom he met at a Democratic Socialists of America-Youth Section meeting while at college at SUNY-Binghamton way back in 1998. Both Corey and Daisy are tolerated, but barely, by the two cats that own them, Hunter and BB.

Corey came late to the world of birding, discovering his passion for birds when a Green Heron showed itself to him and Daisy. Since the trigger bird (which was seen in May 2005) Corey has been on a high-speed course from bird to bird, garnering an impressive 316 birds in a New York State Big Year in 2007 while adding as many birds as he could to his ABA Area life list. Currently he is working on seeing 250 birds in 2008 without the aid of a car.

Because of simple geography almost all of Corey’s birding has taken place in New York State, though yearly trips to southern California have allowed him to add many cool birds to his life list. He looks forward to eventually birding in every state in the nation!

A trip to Germany in October 2007 led Corey to the revelation that there are even more birds on other continents and he can’t wait to get out there looking…

When he’s not birding, which isn’t often, Corey works as a business representative for a service workers union, reads, blogs, rails against the nut-jobs running his country, and spends time with his cats.