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Birds

Overly Confiding Ovenbird at Bryant Park

December 19, 2009 by Corey 16 Comments

An intrepid New York City birder has been keeping tabs on an Ovenbird that has apparently decided to make the attempt to spend the...

Birds, Terminology

Best “Gripping Off” Ever

December 12, 2009 by Corey 8 Comments

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...

Birds

Feeding Again at Forest Park

December 11, 2009 by Corey 14 Comments

Once again this winter the Forest Park irregulars, a devoted group of birders who spend far too much time in Forest Park, are maintaining...

Birds, Terminology

What is a Bird’s Crop?

December 9, 2009 by Corey 8 Comments

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...

Birds

What is a Grackle?

November 27, 2009 by Corey 14 Comments

Grackles are of the Icterid family, the New World family of birds that includes blackbirds, orioles, oropendolas, meadowlarks, caciques, the Bobolink, and cowbirds. The...

Birds

Cattle Egret at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn

November 22, 2009 by Corey 3 Comments

I spent Saturday morning and into the early afternoon with my becoming-a-birder friend, Kerry, with whom I’ve birded before, birding in Queens and a...

Birds, News

Snipe Hunt in the Bird Blogosphere

November 18, 2009 by Corey 4 Comments

Both Birdfreak and The Drinking Bird have posts up with thoughts about snipe hunts, and they claim that snipe exist! Oh, wait, what, snipe...

Birds

Local Names for the Birds of Jamaica

November 7, 2009 by Mike 13 Comments

Preparing for a birding excursion can be tremendous fun if one actually enjoys studying field guides, trip reports, and various and sundry other resources....

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