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Evil Avian ID Quiz

September 24, 2008 by Jory 8 Comments

Jory Langner has contributed some sterling guest posts in the past on 10,000 Birds, sharing how it feels to be born again as a...

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Tricky (Molting) Icterid

September 19, 2008 by Corey 15 Comments

Sometimes an easy bird can become difficult to identify. Such was the case with the molting bird below, a species that has crossed my...

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I Miss Turkey Vultures

September 13, 2008 by Corey 12 Comments

and bluebirds. The birds I can see around New York City are great but it’s a real bummer that those birds are virtually not...

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Alas Poor Winnie

September 9, 2008 by Mike 2 Comments

Alas, poor Winnie! I knew her, Horatio, a Whimbrel of infinite jest… Winnie the Whimbrel, celebrated shorebird migrant, is lost and presumed to be...

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Magnificent! (Frigatebird in New York)

September 7, 2008 by Corey 19 Comments

When I posted a short blurb a couple of days ago about my plans to scour the south shore of Long Island in the...

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Answers to the Diabolical Confusing Fall Warbler ID Quiz

September 2, 2008 by Corey 4 Comments

This quiz might have been too hard. My father even mentioned that he agreed with Jack, the first guesser in this near-impossible-to-answer quiz when...

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Diabolical Confusing Fall Warbler ID Quiz

August 30, 2008 by Corey 5 Comments

I’m going to pretend for a bit that the identification of drably-plumaged, migrating fall warblers moving through treetops, hiding behind leaves, and using the...

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