Tag Archives: tern

Damn, Strait!

Posted on March 1, 2018 by timhealz

Being able to see a different continent from the one you’re standing on is a rare treat. On the beach outside our temporary home in Tarifa, the northern coast of Africa was visible about 9 miles away. This stretch of … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature | Tagged africa, animal, animals, Atlantic, barbary macaque, bincoulars, biology, bird, birding, cadiz, camera, continent, costa de la luz, costa del sol, eagle, earth, ecology, environment, espana, flock, gannet, gibraltar, griffon, gull, life, malaga, mediterranean, migration, monkey, morocco, NATURE, OCEAN, partridge, pelagic, photography, plover, primate, research, rock of gibraltar, ronda, school, science, scope, seawatch, shearwater, skua, spain, strait, tarifa, tern, united kingdom, vulture, water, WILDLIFE | Leave a comment

YESvember!

Posted on November 14, 2017 by timhealz

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 →

Posted in Nature | 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 | Leave a comment

It’s a Shore Thing

Posted on November 6, 2017 by timhealz

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 →

Posted in Nature | 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 | Leave a comment

Greenshanks Was My Delight

Posted on October 30, 2017 by timhealz

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 →

Posted in Nature | 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 | 3 Comments

Migrants on the Move

Posted on September 13, 2017 by timhealz

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 →

Posted in Nature | 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 | 1 Comment

Going Off the Deep End

Posted on August 28, 2017 by timhealz

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 →

Posted in Nature | 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 | 2 Comments

ShelduckTales

Posted on August 23, 2017 by timhealz

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 →

Posted in Nature | 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 | 3 Comments

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	Serranía and Salt \|… on ShelduckTales
	Do You Wanna See Doñ… on Greenshanks Was My Deligh…
	The Music of the Nig… on The Wonder of Woodcocks
	The Music of the Nig… on Simply Superb