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First Ever World Series of Birding Triathlon Part 3, Or, With a Whimper

By May 29, 2011 2 comments

Joining this story a bit late?  Click here for part one.  Click here for part two. … The delicious mojito that I gulped down with lunch had sufficiently numbed my poor, sore butt enough that getting back on the bike caused no pain.  We three insane Swarovski Triathlon Hawks made our way back through downtown [...]

First Ever World Series of Birding Triathlon Part 2, or, On a Boat!

By May 23, 2011 4 comments

Joining this story a post late?  Click here to read part 1. After our slow start to the day we were amazed when, while waiting for Clay’s flat tire to be repaired, Brian counted up our list and realized we had tallied 94 species.  We had thought we were doing much, much worse than that and our [...]

First Ever World Series of Birding Triathlon Part 1, Or, Our Dreams Died Early

By May 19, 2011 7 comments

Higbee Beach.  The 2nd Avenue Jetty.  The Beanery.  The Meadows.  Hidden Valley.  The Hawkwatch Platform.  Any birder who has ever visited Cape May and many who have not will recognize these place names that are iconic in the birding world.  All of them were on the route of the Triathlon Hawks, our Swarovski Optik-sponsored team [...]

The Razorbills at the World Series of Birding

By May 20, 2009 4 comments

This report on The Razorbills’ day at the World Series of Birding was submitted by Hope Batcheller, the impetus behind the New York State Young Birders Club.  In it she details the day’s efforts, efforts that were hopefully supported by at least some 10,000 Birds readers (you can still support the team for more info [...]

Razorbills at the World Series of Birding

By April 22, 2009 2 comments

This guest post is written by Hope Batcheller, a young dynamo in the New York State birding scene.  In it, she asks for support for The Razorbills, a team of five keen teenage birders (who probably don’t want to be referred to as “keen”).  Please support them, because, well, teenagers who are not mugging little [...]