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Snow Birds

December 5, 2011 by Corey 10 Comments

In December in the northeastern United States you expect snow. In New York City so far this year we have only had a dusting...

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Great Images of Fish-Eating Birds

December 1, 2011 by Corey 4 Comments

Do you know what is really annoying? When someone regularly birds the same spots that you do but manages to get much, much, much,...

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Greater Scaup in Flight

November 15, 2011 by Corey 8 Comments

I have said it before and I will say it again – I love getting to Jamaica Bay at the end of a day...

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Eurasian Wigeon In Queens

November 5, 2011 by Corey 5 Comments

Finally! It took long enough but I have finally seen an Eurasian Wigeon in my home borough, at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s East Pond...

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American Woodcock

August 20, 2011 by Redgannet 10 Comments

The Management are out of the office this week and in the absence of adult supervision, the beat writers have been running amok. The...

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Shorebird Season is Over…

August 15, 2011 by Corey 2 Comments

…at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge anyway. The famed East Pond, where so many wonderful shorebirds have shown, had issues with its draining system this...

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Yellow-crowned Night Heron

July 3, 2011 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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