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YESvember!
Late fall always seems to bring the excitement. As southbound migration begins to slow down, the potential for weird surprises comes to a peak around the time that expected wintering birds start to arrive. November is a great time of … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, autumn, biology, bird, birding, boat, cetacean, cormorant, dolphin, duck, earth, ecology, environment, fall, flock, goose, gull, horizon, humpback, jaeger, Jones Beach, life, Long Island, loon, migrant, migration, minke, montauk, nassau, New York, OCEAN, photography, pipit, robert moses, school, science, sea, sea watch, seal, shearwater, suffolk, swallow, tern, USA, vagrant, valley stream, whale, wigeon
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It’s a Shore Thing
Birders and other ecology enthusiasts track the seasonal cycle very closely. Through observation of the annual changes in conditions, we refine our expectations and our understanding of how the natural world works. Every year is different, though, and sometimes nature … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, autumn, beach, binoculars, biology, bird, birding, camera, coast, dowitcher, duck, dunlin, earth, ecology, environment, fall, fauna, flock, forest, gadwall, godwit, golden-plover, goose, gull, life, merganser, migration, NATURE, night, OCEAN, owl, owling, photography, pintail, plover, research, sandpiper, saw-whet, school, science, scope, seawatch, shearwater, shore, shorebird, sparrow, stillwell woods, swan, tern, USA, warbler, WILDLIFE, wind, yellowlegs
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Greenshanks Was My Delight
One birder’s regulars are another birder’s rarities. Every bird comes from somewhere, and a species that may be quite abundant in its home region can spark a frenzy of excitement by showing up in an unexpected place. Rarity is relative, … Continue reading
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Tagged aba, animals, Atlantic, autumn, binoculars, biology, bird, birding, brigantine, camera, coast, dunlin, eagle, earth, ecology, edwin b forsythe, environment, europe, falcon, fall, golden-plover, greenshank, gull, life, marsh, migration, new jersey, oceanville, peregrine, photography, rare, rarity, science, scope, shorebird, teal, tern, USA, vagrant, vulture, WILDLIFE, yellowlegs
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Migrants on the Move
Despite the increased responsibilities and reduced free time resulting from a new academic year, I’ve managed to make good use of my breaks from lesson planning in the initial half of September. When I checked the weather projections at the … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, autumn, biology, birding, BIRDS, bobolink, cape may, deer, earth, ecology, environment, fall, fox, gulls, Jones Beach, kestrel, kingbird, life, Long Island, Manhattan, merlin, migration, nassau, NATURE, neotropical migrant, New York, nighthawk, photography, research, robert moses, science, september, sparrow, suffolk, tern, tribute in light, USA, warbler, WILDLIFE
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Going Off the Deep End
I have been eagerly anticipating the August overnight trip to the continental shelf with See Life Paulagics since I signed up at the end of the January expedition. The final few days of waiting turned out to be a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, animals, Atlantic, august, beer, binoculars, biology, birding, blue, boat, boating, Brooklyn, camera, cetacean, continental shelf, deep, earth, ecology, environment, fall, gulf stream, gull, hudson canyon, humpback, life, Long Island, migration, NATURE, New York, OCEAN, paulagics, pelagic, petrel, phalarope, photography, research, salt, science, sea, SEABIRD, shearwater, ship, storm, storm petrel, suffolk, summer, tern, tubenose, USA, wave, whale
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ShelduckTales
I love impromptu adventures, and I welcome the opportunity to just head out and go somewhere with only a rough sketch of a plan and enjoy the ride. Miriam and I have had pretty successful summer on the exploration front, … Continue reading
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Tagged aba, animals, binoculars, biology, bird, birding, camera, cape cod, chatham, cormorant, dowitcher, earth, ecology, egret, eider, environment, fall, godwit, kittery, life, MAINE, massachusetts, morris island, NATURE, New England, new hampshire, odiorne, photography, plover, portsmouth, rare, research, rye, sandpiper, science, scope, shelduck, stint, storm, summer, tadorna, tern, USA, vagrant, waterfowl, WILDLIFE, willet, yellowlegs
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