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Answers to the Diabolical Bird ID Quiz

November 15, 2007 by Corey 6 Comments

It is time to announce for the second time the results of the Diabolical Bird ID Quiz, seeing as the first answers post disappeared...

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Diabolical Bird ID Quiz

November 12, 2007 by Corey 18 Comments

Good luck on this one. All of the pictures were taken at my Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Paul’s house in Saugerties, New York, this...

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Northern Gannet

November 9, 2007 by Mike 12 Comments

Those of us who scan the shores of the North Atlantic are privileged to occasionally encounter that most pulchritudinous of pelagic birds, the Northern...

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Butterbutts at Point Lookout

October 31, 2007 by Corey 8 Comments

The Butterbutt, or, more properly, the Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata) is one of the most common warblers in North America. The reason for their...

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Pectoral Sandpiper at Jones Beach

October 29, 2007 by Corey 3 Comments

On Sunday, October 28, I birded Jones Beach and Point Lookout in Nassau County, hoping to find migrating passerines blown to the barrier beaches...

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Eurasian Coots in Berlin

October 27, 2007 by Corey 1 Comment

It took until the last day I was in northeastern Germany to see Eurasian Coots. I was worried I wouldn’t see one at all,...

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Pochards: Last Lifer of the Trip

October 21, 2007 by Corey 6 Comments

The Pochard is a diving duck of Eurasia, similar to the North American Redhead and Canvasback. Somehow, despite having visited several good locations like...

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