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Turkey Vulture Snack

May 10, 2007 by Corey 11 Comments

Turkey Vulture over dandelions I must warn you that the above picture is not very indicative of the rest of the pictures on this...

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Ducklings!

by Corey 4 Comments

Three broods, one of 11, one of 9, and one of 3, all in Congress Park in Saratoga Springs. I was wondering where all...

Birding, Birds

Wonderful Whip-poor-will

May 9, 2007 by Corey 3 Comments

Will and I had a long evening’s birding yesterday without seeing anything particularly noteworthy.Â You know it’s been a slow day when the most...

Birds

What is a Night Heron?

May 8, 2007 by Mike 7 Comments

Eerie. Sinister. Unnaturally still. These are apt descriptions for those wondrous waders, the night herons. These stout birds of the genera Nycticorax and Gorsachius...

Birds, I and the Bird

I and the Bird #48

May 2, 2007 by Corey No Comments

Greg Laden has put up the 48th edition of I and the Bird and it is a doozy.Â So if you would like a...

Amphibians, Birds

Chipping Sparrows and a Newt

April 29, 2007 by Corey 7 Comments

Chipping Sparrow, macro-style On Friday, at my Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Paul’s house in Saugerties, NY, I enjoyed myself watching their feeders and photographing...

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What is a Mockingbird?

April 23, 2007 by Mike 538 Comments

Mockingbirds are members of the Mimidae family, a group of American passerines that also includes thrashers, tremblers, and New World catbirds. These stentorian songbirds,...

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