or did the local NBC news affiliate just discuss the results of the Central Park Christmas Bird Count? This is New York City we’re talking about! I hope my neighbors were as interested in hearing that the most common species were White-throated Sparrow, European Starling, and Herring Gull as I was.

Written by Mike
Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but he's also a traveler who fully expects to see every bird in the world. Besides founding 10,000 Birds in 2003, Mike has also created a number of other entertaining but now extirpated nature blog resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network and I and the Bird.