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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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The Beginning of a Magpie Tattoo

August 24, 2008 by Corey 8 Comments

Daisy recently decided to get a tattoo. And not just any tattoo, but a tattoo of a magpie, drawn by her, and turned into...

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I’ve Seen Birds This Year (and eBird Reminds Me)

August 16, 2008 by Corey 3 Comments

On the 21st of January of this year I began keeping track of all of my bird sightings on eBird, the online checklist program...

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When is a Larid Not a Larus?

August 1, 2008 by Mike 3 Comments

…when it’s been renamed in the newly-released 49th Supplement to the A.O.U. Check-list of North American Birds, Seventh Edition. The new supplement includes various...

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