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The Bird Ecology Study Group Blog Has Moved

January 30, 2007 by Mike No Comments

to a new site. I think it looks better than ever!Â If you don’t regularly visit this site, a group effort of some very...

Trips

Stalking the Piermont Snowy Owl

by Mike 11 Comments

In my previous post , I described a moderately successful owl prowl, in that I did spot an owl or two, obscured though those...

Trips

Pelham Bay With the Pros

January 29, 2007 by Mike 2 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I complained about my rotten owl luck. Since this dismal situation was clearly not going to improve on its...

Terminology

Color Me Plumbeous

January 26, 2007 by Mike 8 Comments

Another interesting, some might say antiquated color choice employed by those who get to name birds is plumbeous. Plumbeous refers to a heavy, leaden...

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Attention NYC-area Birders

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The February 10, 2007 Freeport NY Pelagic trip may not sail…if you don’t join it!Â I took this particular excursion last year and it...

I and the Bird

I and the Bird #41

January 25, 2007 by Mike 2 Comments

(I first used this introduction last January when Aydin of Snail’s Tales presented a perfectly poetic I and the Bird #15. Almost exactly one...

Bugs, Reviews

Audubon Field Guide to Butterflies

January 24, 2007 by Mike 2 Comments

Along with the expected assortment of bird books for Christmas, I received a butterfly guide, specifically the National Audubon Society Field Guide to North...

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