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Marabou Storks

March 2, 2012 by Walter 9 Comments

Marabou Storks are ugly/lovely. They have character. They are unmistakeable. I won’t expend too much energy trying to describe them… I’ll just let the...

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Purple Sandpipers in Brooklyn

March 1, 2012 by Corey 4 Comments

The waterfront of Brooklyn on either side of the Verrazano Bridge is the best place in New York City to see Purple Sandpipers. Every...

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Lions Eat Heron

by Corey 4 Comments

Though it took place in a zoo the video below definitely shows some wild behavior. If you don’t want to see a bird killed...

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Acorn Woodpeckers: The Clowns of the Avian World

February 29, 2012 by Larry 9 Comments

Why would I call these beautiful woodpeckers the “clowns of the avian world?” Besides the facial features of the Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) appearing...

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Red-breasted Merganser with a Mouthful

by Corey 7 Comments

On a visit yesterday after work to Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn I happened across this female Red-breasted Merganser that I initially thought was...

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Paradise Shelducks (Tadorna variegata)

by Duncan 4 Comments

Just a quick post today to appreciate one of New Zealand’s most attractive birds, the Paradise Shelduck. This is brought about by a visit...

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Rough-legged Buzzards (not Hawks)

February 28, 2012 by Dale Forbes 9 Comments

I don’t know what it is, but since I bought Dick Forsman‘s “The Raptors of Europe and Middle East” my interest in buzzards has...

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If We Can Rock Together, We Can Flock Together

by Felonious Jive 6 Comments

Weird flocks are fun. One does not typically find a Black-crowned Night-Heron mixed in with Rock Pigeons and American Coots. I think the night-heron knows...

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