“Diabolical to the Extreme!” was an apt name for the latest quiz, it turned out, mostly because the most any single person managed to...
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Though there is a long history of diabolical quizzes on 10,000 Birds it has been quite some time since we had one. And...
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The nor’easter that blanketed the east coast of the United States did not leave New York City unscathed, and the birds are flocking to...
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When it comes to crows, the term “murder” is usually used to describe a flock of these cunning corvids. For the first time, however,...
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An intrepid New York City birder has been keeping tabs on an Ovenbird that has apparently decided to make the attempt to spend the...
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When a birder sees a really, really, good bird and another birder doesn’t see the bird, the first birder will often “grip off” the...
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Once again this winter the Forest Park irregulars, a devoted group of birders who spend far too much time in Forest Park, are maintaining...
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A bird’s crop is an expandable “muscular pouch near the gullet or throat.” It is used to store excess food for later digestion. Essentially...
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