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Long Island Life
It’s been a bit of a slow year so far. By this time in 2017, I’d already been on trips that took me to New York’s offshore waters, Connecticut, the Adirondacks, and Canada in search of rare birds. Even in 2016, … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, animals, avian, binoculars, bird, birding, bittern, blackbird, camera, cedar beach, earth, ecology, ecosystem, egret, eider, environment, explore, falcon, feather, goldeneye, harlequin, hawk, heron, january, Jones Beach, learning, life, nassau, new year, New York, oak beach, ornithology, owl, photography, point lookout, queens, research, scaup, school, science, scope, suffolk, turnstone, USA, wing, winter
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Settling the Scores
I suffer from acute birding FOMO. Passing up on opportunities for exploration and discovery, especially alongside friends, bums me out. Last year, Taylor and Brent worked to organize a grassroots bird survey in the style of Audubon’s official Christmas Bird … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, Audubon, binoculars, biology, bird, birding, bluebird, camera, canvasback, catbird, cbc, centerport, creeper, crow, duck, earth, ecology, environment, flicker, flock, goose, grebe, gull, huntington, kinglet, life, merganser, montauk, nassau, NATURE, New York, northport, ornithology, owl, oyster bay, photography, pintail, raven, razorbill, research, sayville, school, science, scope, scoter, solitaire, suffolk, swan, teal, USA, wigeon, winter
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New Year, New List
Pop that champagne, a new year is upon us! With it comes a whole new set of seasonal adventures and opportunities for discovery. The listing slate has been wiped clean, and I’ve got my share of tentative birding resolutions for … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, baisley pond, beach, binoculars, biology, bird, birding, bittern, Bunting, camera, corvid, crocheron park, duck, eagle, earth, ecology, eider, environment, evolution, flock, forest, goose, gull, Jones Beach, lark, life, Long Island, longspur, massapequa, nassau, NATURE, new year, New York, OCEAN, owl, photography, queens, raven, research, robert moses, school, science, scope, snipe, solitaire, suffolk, tanager, USA, WILDLIFE, winter
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2017 Top 10 Lifers
The annual tradition continues! Most birders I know like to reflect back on the “best birds” of the past 365 days as the new year draws near. Almost all nature blogs post similar Top 10s before the changing of the … Continue reading
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Tagged adirondack, animals, art, bill baggs, bird, birding, black-backed oriole, bombay hook, Canada, cedar beach, corn crake, crake, delaware, dovekie, earth, ecology, edwin b forsythe, environment, Florida, greenshank, gull, hawk owl, learning, life, Long Island, national wildlife refuge, NATURE, new hampshire, new jersey, New York, odiorne point, oriole, owl, Pennsylvania, petrel, photography, quebec, research, ross's, rye, school, science, shelduck, sinking spring, spindalis, storm petrel, tupper lake, USA, WILDLIFE
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Count Me In!
The annual Christmas Bird Counts rank highly among my most anticipated events of the Yuletide season. There are two specific counts that I try to do every year: Southern Nassau and Montauk. These survey circles represent my local patches and … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, Audubon, bird, birding, Bunting, cbc, christmas bird count, city, dove, duck, earth, ecology, eider, environment, gull, Jones Beach, learning, life, Long Island, lynbrook, Manhattan, montauk, nassau, NATURE, New York, owl, photography, rail, raven, research, school, science, seawatch, Snow, snowy owl, suffolk, swallow, USA, WILDLIFE, winter, woodcock, wren, yellowthroat
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Rarity Round-Up
I don’t need an excuse to go birding, but I’ll gladly take one when it comes my way! It’s nice when I get the chance to steer my aimless wandering toward a meaningful purpose. To that end, I was intrigued … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, beach, binoculars, biology, bird, birding, bittern, camera, december, duck, earth, ecology, environment, flock, gull, irruption, jaeger, jetty, life, Long Island, loon, nassau, NATURE, New York, nyc, OCEAN, owl, parula, photography, rarity, research, sandpiper, school, science, scope, sea, snowy, sparrow, suffolk, turnstone, USA, vagrant, warbler, WILDLIFE, winter, wren
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Give Thanks for Birding
This is a time of year when we are encouraged to focus on the positives in our lives and show appreciation for the good stuff. It’s definitely not easy, but I do think it’s worth it! Sometimes you just need … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, Audubon, binoculars, biology, birding, camera, central park, colorado, earth, ecology, environment, fall, flock, flycatcher, goose, gull, irruption, Jones Beach, life, Manhattan, migration, nassau, NATURE, New York, nyc, OCEAN, owl, photography, queens, research, rocky mountain, school, science, snowy, suffolk, tanager, USA, warbler, waterfowl, WILDLIFE, winter
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