Long Island is absolutely magnificent for winter waterfowl; don’t let anybody tell you different. If you want to pick up eiders, scoters, and all...
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When it comes to the number of existing bird species, the math tends towards subtraction rather than addition. The most recent tale of extinction...
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What a difference a week makes! Last weekend, we visited Croton Point Park in search of both of Rough-legged Hawk and Short-eared Owl. We...
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The New York birderati have been buzzing lately about the spectacular avian activity at Croton Point Park in northern Westchester. Croton Point is famous...
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It’s been known for some time that birds are descended from dinosaurs, with Archaeopteryx representing one strong link between avians and antiquity. However, researchers...
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We recently received a interesting question from Alice of 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera. After buttering us up with compliments, she posed this query:...
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This winter, we’ve been blessed with an abundance of owls. In 2003, a veritable horde of Common Redpoll invaded the U.S. It seems that,...
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The people of Auburn, NY have long felt besieged by American Crows. Small wonder, considering that this city of roughly 29,000 (where, coincidentally, Core...
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