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During my days at Stony Brook University, there was a local Grateful Dead cover band named Blind from Wild Turkey. This is, of course a reference to the celebrated brand of Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey but would make perfect sense if describing the impact of observing a Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) in the full flower [...]

Just Saturday, I was bemoaning the apparent end of the migratory season. The impression gleaned from a couple of hours at Tibbetts Brook Park was confirmed at Riverdale Park. The torrent of spring migrants passing through NYC has been reduced to a trickle or, at best, some intermittent spurts. But a Core Team excursion on [...]