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House Finch Eating Crabapple

October 13, 2009 by Corey 9 Comments

On the recent Queens County Bird Club field trip to Kissena Park in search of migrating sparrows, field birds, and whatever else might cross...

Trips

Swainson’s Hawk in New York State

October 12, 2009 by Corey 15 Comments

It had been over a week since the bird was first seen and nearly a week since it was first identified. What bird am...

Birding

Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of October 2009)

by Mike 6 Comments

How was your weekend? Any good birds? Tell us about your best bird. I never made it down to Pennsylvania as anticipated so I had...

Birds

Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis

October 10, 2009 by Corey 16 Comments

The Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis, the only species of the genus Passerculus, is the Rodney Dangerfield of sparrows in that it gets no respect. ...

Birding

Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of October 2009?

October 8, 2009 by Mike 12 Comments

As the world wafts into the heart of October, nature lovers at my latitude start paying attention to leaves. Actually, even those who foster...

News

Another Story of an Airplane and a Bird…

by Corey 1 Comment

…though this one ended much less heroically than the “Miracle on the Hudson.” Who would have thought that a single sparrow getting on board...

Reviews

The Sibley Guide to Trees

October 7, 2009 by Mike 4 Comments

I’ve been on record for years as endorsing David Allen Sibley’s masterwork, The Sibley Guide to Birds as the first and foremost reference guide...

News

Albatross and Killer Whale Caught on Bird Cam

by Corey 2 Comments

Researchers that mounted “bird cams” on Black-browed Albatross have discovered some albatrosses actively follow Killer Whales, possibly to feed on food scraps. The research...

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