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We Queens birders who live near Forest Park are still filling feeders and scattering seed for the hungry avian hordes, and with the amount...
At last, I believe I’ve found an ID challenge too diabolical for even the crack cadre of avian savants that tend to respond to...
First off, no, we will not be eating birds nor looking at birds that are about to be eaten in this quiz. Instead, we...
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Via Kim, The Curious Birder, who posted this great video on Facebook. If this doesn’t make you laugh or at least grin, well, 10,000...
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