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Since last Sunday a rare-for-North America Western Reef Heron has been alternately frustrating and rewarding birders from the Empire State and beyond as it appears and disappears from an unassuming stretch of waterfront property in the borough of Brooklyn, New York City. It was back again today and I was in the neighboring borough of [...]

A Common Gull Larus canus was spotted in Brooklyn over this past weekend and again on Monday. Common Gulls are native to Europe where they are common (duh).  They are now the same species as our west coast Mew Gull (though they haven’t always been) so you could use either name though they may someday [...]