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The Usual Waterfowl: Junior Edition

July 4, 2011 by Corey 1 Comment

There are three species of waterfowl that birders in most of the eastern United States are going to encounter on almost any birding outing...

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“It was like getting hit by a baseball bat…

by Corey 2 Comments

…The talons went in through the helmet.” Or so says cyclist Charlie Newhouse, one of many victims of a Swainson’s Hawk that is vigorously...

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of July 2011)

by Mike 7 Comments

Holiday weekends rank among my very favorite things, but they can be somewhat problematic. At what point, for example, is it proper to ask...

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‘Way Down’ by the N.A.S.A. Project

July 3, 2011 by Mike No Comments

If you’ve never seen this music video, something like an avian West Side Story with Blue Jayz vs. Northern Cardinalz, take a few minutes...

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Yellow-crowned Night Heron

by Corey 5 Comments

Yellow-crowned Night Herons have a presence about them when they are hunting that reminds me of Buddhist monks. If “The greatest prayer is patience,”...

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Ducks of Herdsman Lake

by Clare M 8 Comments

Last Saturday we spent the day at Herdsman Lake in Perth due to a sudden work trip for Grant, which got extended over the weekend...

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The Usual Waterfowl

July 2, 2011 by Mike 10 Comments

Bird blogging is a privilege, in that recounting one’s birding excursions is a lot more fun when an audience actually follows the action. I’ve...

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Black Skimmers at Cupsogue Beach County Park

by Corey 6 Comments

Black Skimmers are another of those birds, like White-breasted Nuthatches, that people can’t help but like. They have awesome bills that slice through the...

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