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Monthly Archives: September 2016
The Booby Prize
“Birds have wings and tend to use them.” This oft-referenced birder adage is commonly attributed to Roger Tory Peterson, the father of the modern field guide. Every species of animal has a range of natural occurrence. Some can be found … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, animal, animals, Audubon, binoculars, biology, bird, birding, booby, cayuga, conservation, Cornell, ebird, ecology, EDUCATION, field guide, gull, INTERPRETATION, ithaca, Long Island, Manhattan, migration, montezuma, NATURE, New York, nyc, OCEAN, photography, roger tory peterson, science, SEABIRD, sulid, vagrant, WILDLIFE
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Man on a Migration Mission
In the world of year listing, a birder is bound by the constraints of the seasonal cycle. You only have so many opportunities to locate a bird in the proper habitat at the correct time of year. On the plus … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, animal, astronomy, Audubon, autumn, binoculars, biology, bird, birding, central park, conservation, dickcissel, ebird, ecology, EDUCATION, fall, forest, harvest moon, hempstead lake, INTERPRETATION, it's always sunny in philadelphia, Jones Beach, Long Island, lynbrook, Manhattan, migration, moon, nassau, NATURE, New York, nighthawk, nyc, OCEAN, photography, research, science, season, shorebird, space, sparrow, spring, vireo, warbler, WILDLIFE
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Chit-Chat
There are a lot of types of birds. Current estimates put the number of known species at nearly 10,000. With such a vast array of unique creatures, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Models range from ostriches to hummingbirds with … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, animal, Audubon, autumn, big year, binoculars, biology, bird, birding, blackbird, central park, chat, conservation, DNA, ebird, ecology, EDUCATION, evolution, fall, flycatcher, forest, icteria, icteridae, INTERPRETATION, Jones Beach, Long Island, Manhattan, migration, nassau, NATURE, New York, nyc, parulidae, photography, research, science, sparrow, spring, Taxonomy, warbler, WILDLIFE, yellow-breasted chat
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Summer’s End
Breeding season in the Northern Hemisphere is over. The time has come for migratory creatures to turn around and start heading back south. In the spring, migration is a mad dash for the nesting grounds, with birds racing to stake … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, animal, Audubon, bayshore, binoculars, biology, bird, birding, chickadee, conservation, duck, ebird, ecology, EDUCATION, fire island, forest, hummingbird, INTERPRETATION, Long Island, migration, nassau, NATURE, New York, nyc, photography, plover, research, riverhead, sandpiper, science, shorebird, sod, spring, suffolk, summer, titmouse, turkey, warbler, WILDLIFE
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