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What kid can resist the siren song of bunny rabbits frolicking in the grass?  No kid that I would want to pass the day with, that is for sure!  And Desi, being the offspring of two pretty cool people, if I do so say myself, loves chasing him some rabbits. Why wouldn’t he?  Rabbits practically [...]

One advantage of being unemployed is that you have more free time.  This is key when an email goes out to the listservs about a Prothonotary Warbler being seen next to the famous lions outside the “main branch” of the New York City Library, which is next to Bryant Park.  As quickly as I could [...]

When a birder sees a really, really, good bird and another birder doesn’t see the bird, the first birder will often “grip off” the other birder.  This is a process whereby the birder who failed to see the bird is reminded of having missed the bird in any way imaginable.  For example, let’s say that [...]

…or, as his birth certificate will soon say, Desmond Shearwater Ji Won Chung-Finger (Desi for short). Desmond came into this world early this morning, at 6:18 AM to be exact, after 13 hours of labor.  He tipped the scales at an imposing 8 pounds, 7 ounces, and is a full 21 inches in length.  Both [...]