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Not All Migrations Are Created Equal

September 23, 2007 by Mike 2 Comments

Autumn’s equinox heralds far more than just rueful thoughts of what summer might have been. This splendid moment of equipoise between the diurnal and...

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Sundry Sandpipers and Surprise Sparrows

September 4, 2007 by Corey 5 Comments

Sunday morning saw me up and out of the house before 4 AM for a big trip with two of the other Big Year...

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Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk

by Corey 22 Comments

In the midst of a full day’s search for rare birds on Long Island and in Queens a common bird stole the show, at...

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Sanderlings

August 24, 2007 by Corey 5 Comments

You know the birds I’m talking about. The little ones that run to and fro on tiny black legs, alternately chasing and being chased...

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Gull War

August 21, 2007 by Corey 1 Comment

One of my favorite things about birding Jones Beach is how even if there aren’t rare birds around there is still plenty to see....

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Yellow-headed Blackbird Still at Jones Beach

August 18, 2007 by Corey 6 Comments

The Yellow-headed Blackbird I spotted back in the beginning of July is still hanging around the West End of Jones Beach. It is regularly...

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Jones Beach Yellow-headed Blackbird

July 6, 2007 by Corey 13 Comments

When I arrived at Jones Beach on Thursday morning I planned to check out the area around the Coast Guard station for early migrating...

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Part Gull, Part Tern, All Good

May 13, 2007 by Mike 5 Comments

There is a perversity in going after shorebirds at the peak of spring migration, that point in time when virtually any American songbird imaginable...

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