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Jones Beach Birds (and Jellyfish)

By Corey • August 17, 2008 • 18 comments

When I found out Daisy’s younger sister Steph was staying overnight at our house on Saturday after taking their father to the airport I was happy. Not just to see Steph, though she is fun to hang out with, but because I figured that she tends to sleep late, which meant that I might have [...]

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Birding Brazil Blog

Derek Kverno has already created epic blog travelogues of his stints in Ecuador and Tanzania. Now he’s moved to Brazil, which means we get to vicariously explore the avifauna of another bird-rich country. Awesome!

Flipping the Bird

Ever wonder why displaying a disrespectful middle finger is called flipping the bird? Brian Palmer at Slate breaks down birds’ long association with taunting. Anyone who’s recently missed a target bird (perhaps a Black Rail) can relate!

First Breeding Record for Neotropic Cormorant in Florida

Amazingly, it was a visiting birder from New York who discovered Neotropic Cormorants breeding in the Wakodahatchee Wetlands. Congratulations to Ardith Bondi for the great find!

Less Birds Around Fukushima

A team of researchers has found that the populations of common birds around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan has plummeted. Most disturbingly, the populations of species that the area has in common with Chernobyl has fallen more in Fukushima than they did in the site of worst nuclear disaster in world history.