No one expected a Corn Crake. But, then, no one expected a Common Greenshanks in New Jersey. And, the message on the NYSbirds listserv...
“I think I just heard a chickadee.” “Stop the car! This spot might be good.” *Doors open and shut. Birders spread out* “Titmouse! I...
In June, I go to Nickerson Beach, a place of nesting Common Terns, American Oystercatchers, Piping Plovers, and, later in the summer, Black Skimmers. Nickerson...
Long Island is a land of many stereotypes, yet “forests full of mysterious ruins” is not really one of them. But when you can’t...
Steve Young of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, is the coordinator of the Long Island Invasive Species Management Area. He kindly...
Out east on Long Island you can find what is arguably the most productive inlet in coastal New York in terms of birding.* The...
I am a groundhog. That is, I was born on the oddest of holidays, Groundhog Day, which means that this weekend is my birthday...
After a Tufted Duck was reported yesterday on Long Island I did some figuring and realized that I could go find the bird this...
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