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Juvenile Short-billed Dowitchers Limnodromus griseus

August 18, 2010 by Corey 3 Comments

Short-billed Dowitchers are one of those species that, at least for me, fade into the background once I have seen my first of the...

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The Nightjar in Queens

August 9, 2010 by Corey 3 Comments

Will has already written about the first part of our birding adventure from this past Friday so you should definitely click through and read...

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Pectoral Sandpipers Calidris melanotos at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

August 6, 2010 by Corey 6 Comments

A recent visit to the East Pond of the Jamaica Bay got me up close and personal with quite a few species of shorebird,...

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Molting Juvenile Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor

August 4, 2010 by Corey 4 Comments

This year has been a good year to see Wilson’s Phalaropes at Jamaica Bay. There were several that stopped by this spring on their...

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Onto the Mudflat, or, Patrick Gets a Lifer

June 25, 2010 by Corey 5 Comments

When we left our intrepid pair of birders we had thoroughly enjoyed the appetizers of seawatching and sparrow-seeking and were hungry for the main...

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Wilson’s Phalaropes Phalaropus tricolor at Jamaica Bay

May 26, 2010 by Corey 7 Comments

Normally when Wilson’s Phalaropes Phalaropus tricolor stop by at Jamaica Bay they are on their fall migration and have already lost their breeding finery...

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Bush Stone Curlews

October 4, 2009 by Mike 10 Comments

Last month, our Australian correspondent Shane Martin contributed a striking gallery of Galahs goofing around in Brisbane. Now, Shane shines a spotlight on the...

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