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What’s in a Name: What’s in an Adjective?

June 19, 2015 by Carrie 2 Comments

Last week I had the privilege of taking a group of Queens middle-schoolers birding in Forest Park as part of an after-school program. We...

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The Eagle’s Rebirth. Yep. Seriously.

by Suzie 24 Comments

Okay, folks, today we will be discussing one of those internet pass-arounds which are meant to fill everyone with joy and inspiration, but...

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South Polar Skuas on a New York Pelagic

June 15, 2015 by Corey 2 Comments

Back on the last day of May I boarded a boat in Brooklyn and headed out onto the Atlantic Ocean in search of seabirds. It was...

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Enjoy your redpoll ticks while they last

June 14, 2015 by David 2 Comments

All the world’s redpolls probably represent a single species, and redpolls probably look different in different places more because of environmental influences on how...

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Village Weavers

June 10, 2015 by Duncan 3 Comments

In many ways the weaver family is for Africa are similar beasts to the pseudowarblers of North America (sometimes called wood-warblers). There are a...

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Manhattan’s first nesting Common Ravens

by David 6 Comments

Common Ravens have, it seems, finally nested in Manhattan, the densest metropolitan area in the nation. The photo above depicts three fledglings I encountered...

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Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea

June 8, 2015 by Corey No Comments

Bay-breasted Warblers are one of those wood-warblers that you hope to hear high up in the canopy on their spring migration. Then you induce...

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Cordilleran Flycatcher

June 6, 2015 by Redgannet No Comments

Despite a life White-fronted Parrot being in contention, the title for my BBOTW this week was taken by the Cordilleran Flycatcher Empidonax occidentalis. I am...

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