I was faced with a difficulty, albeit enviable decision this weekend. Should I chase Clapper Rails and Seaside Sparrows at Jamaica Bay with Corey...
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The weekend began for me with a Friday night for the ages, if I could only remember it. Daisy, her two sisters, her brother-in-law...
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After being chased out of Jones Beach by swarms of pernicious mosquitoes, Corey and I headed inland to observe arboreal avifauna. Sure, rain threatened...
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In selecting my initial site for the First Annual Blogger Bioblitz, I decided to eschew New York City’s more popular wildlife viewing spots. This...
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In considering this grand dialogue so many of us have deigned to participate in, by which I of course mean blogging, I believe it’s...
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2006 was a very good year for me. After all, this was the year my incredible daughter, Ivy was born, the year my magnificent...
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My current life totals, as of December 2010, are: WORLD: 927 ABA: 448 Many of the species I’ve seen, annotated by date and location,...
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Why keep a year list? I’m aware that some birders scorn the obsessive tabulation and parsing of bird sightings based on geography, chronology, or...
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