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NOVEMBER 8, 2014

On October 29 th 2012, “superstorm” Sandy devastated the east coast of the USA, affecting states from Florida to Maine, with severe damage in New Jersey and New York. Two years on, the train line has been repaired at last and I paid a visit to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

Here is the updated eBird heat map: Unsurprisingly for a site founded and run by two New Yorkers, the Empire State still boasts the highest number of species (363, up from 316). For example, my list of the Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for birding includes an excellent location in Minnesota ( Minnesota Valley NWR ).

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JUNE 25, 2017

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a Seaside Sparro w he watched for an extended period from a blind at Two Mile National Wildlife in Wildwood, New Jersey. Driving along the NYS Thruway during a picture perfect June morning delivered Ospreys soaring over Montezuma NWR. How about you?

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New Jersey 2017 Birds Wildlife 100

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MARCH 25, 2016

That did not stop a New Jersey animal shelter from publishing this rabble-rousing flyer on Facebook, all written in alarming red capital letters: PARK RANGERS AND VET OFFICES ARE PUTTING OUT WARNINGS. Wildlife lovers and rehabilitators, as always, tried to intervene. “I I had no idea!” “How That’s why we need more trapping.” “I’m

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Pets Barn Owls Kentucky Bald Eagle 240

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JULY 3, 2012

Of course, I jest a bit in the above paragraph because as a sometime New Jersey birder I have birded the Delaware Bay and seen sights such as the memorable image below, in which thousands of Red Knots, Dunlins, and Short-billed Dowitchers fly up as if connected telepathically. They use the photographs as part of the textual flow.

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Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 176

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

I knew the wildlife. Had I known the law better I would have said, “Excuse me, but this trap is not worth over $250 nor have I damaged it with explosives, so in the State of New York you cannot legally charge me with Malicious Mischief.” I have a book about injured wildlife coming out soon, and I couldn’t buy better publicity.”.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Rhode Island New Jersey Wildlife 221

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JUNE 4, 2011

Despite my manic work schedule of late my positioning in southern New Jersey does lend itself to an occasional, if brief, birding outing when the stars align properly and I am near a birdy spot when I suddenly find myself with a free hour or so. A couple of times I have had this happen near the Edwin B.

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Terrapins New Jersey Sparrows Wildlife 177

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MAY 19, 2011

Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, otherwise known as Brigantine, on Sunday on my way home after the World Series of Birding I had a most marvelous encounter with a cooperative Clapper Rail. Amazingly, the looks were even better in my most recent encounter. Judge for yourself! At the Edwin B. … a.

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New Jersey Wildlife Birds Species 157

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APRIL 9, 2018

To get there we would need to get out of New York, through New Jersey into Delaware, and then on through Maryland and Virginia until finally reaching our destination. We broke the drive down into two segments: from New York to Delaware on 31 March and from Delaware to North Carolina on 1 April.

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

I am familiar with the shorebird banding program in Peru, as the programs is run by CORBIDI, a small non-government organization (NGO) dedicated to the study and conservation of birds, other wildlife, and their habitats. I am an associate with this NGO and follow the progress of the banding program.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Originally from New Jersey, she has lived in South Carolina for over a decade, and was a great help identifying the shorebirds we found. The ecosystem is still affected by human-induced climate change and associated sea level rise and erosion, but remains a haven for a variety of wildlife in addition to birds. hours of walking.

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South Carolina Turtles Costa Rica Belize 100

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The problem of free-roaming cats — and their predation on birds and other wildlife — is hotly contested in communities across the country, and it triggered a lively exchange in the hearing room. New Jersey is Undecided. New Jersey has an interesting approach, at the sate level. Mole hills!

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 201

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

I was reminded of the American Redstart I saw foraging in New Jersey several years ago and hoped that this bird would prove as resilient as I had observed that redstart to be. We watched the bird for awhile as it foraged and though the injury was painful to contemplate for we humans the bird seemed to be getting by alright.

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Culling Falcons New Jersey Killing 157

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JULY 27, 2012

Instead I called my friend Cathy at the famous Raptor Trust in New Jersey, where they have a fully equipped hospital and full-time veterinary technicians on staff. Bring her down,” said Cathy. The plot thickened.

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Rabbits New Jersey Neglecting North America 229

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MAY 9, 2016

We headed north to the George Washington Bridge, west across New Jersey, west and then north through Pennsylvania, and back into New York at Binghamton where we turned west once again. En route we talked about all the things that birders tend to do, from twitches past to who’s a stringer.

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New York Bald Eagle McDonalds Fast Food 101

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

But the Brown Booby in Cape May has been around since mid-August and I had been chomping at the bit to get out to see it but I didn’t have my chance until the family was in California for a visit and I had to be in southern New Jersey anyway. Now, there are two options for seeing the booby in Cape May.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) attempts to calculate the economic contribution of National Wildlife Refuge visitation to local communities. Rather, birding and other wildlife observation ( e.g., photography) are lumped together as “non-consumptive” uses of a refuge. Every few years, the U.S. billion for local communities.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the “Rufa” population of Red Knot ( Calidris canutus rufa ) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Red Knots have already lost more than 80 percent of their coastal habitat in Florida, New Jersey, and New York. Birds in Delaware Bay.

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JULY 18, 2013

Juvenile White Ibis in New Jersey – Corey Finger, 10,000 Birds. White-faced Ibis at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge – Larry Jordan, 10,000 Birds. Roseate Spoonbills at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge – Corey Finger, 10,000 Birds. Two Different White Ibises – Drew Weber, The Nemesis Bird.

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Birds North America Charlotte New Jersey 203

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JULY 21, 2014

I have not heard any reports of Monk Parakeets at bird feeders in New York City, or in New Jersey, where they have a colony in Edgewater, Bergen County.) Document WEC257 of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida / IFAS, [link]. ** Pruett-Jones, Stephen, et al. and Sam Logue.

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MARCH 29, 2015

That was the first thing we–our New Jersey Audubon group of 11 birders, led by Scott Barnes–noted as we exited the airport. We saw a smaller member of the potoo family, Northern Potoo , Nyctibius jamaicensis , at Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge, boating and birding the Salado River. There was no snow. And, no snow.

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Honduras Birds Costa Rica Groups 241

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JULY 6, 2018

When I resumed birding on my own in my late 20s in Queens, I always looked forward to seeing the several pairs of Ospreys nesting at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, a sight made all the more welcome after I learned of their drastic decline in the 1950s and ’60s due to the use of the insecticide DDT, followed by a remarkable population recovery.

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New York Falcons Fish New Jersey 100

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JANUARY 2, 2018

New York City apartments don’t allow feeders to be hung from fire escapes (though I know certain birders that skirt that rule), and it wasn’t until I had already been birding for four-and-a-half years that I obtained a small yard in central New Jersey in which I could place a feeder or two or three.

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Birds New York City Squirrels New York 165

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JANUARY 7, 2020

Natural areas include Pelham Bay Park, Van Cortlandt Park, Woodlawn Cemetery, New York Botanical Garden, and the Bronx Zoo. Most importantly, the section ends with a list of questions for future studies and recommendations for wildlife and habitat management. I didn’t grow up in the Bronx, but my best friend did.).

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 145

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MARCH 6, 2011

Corey encountered a bunch of winners, but 24 Common Redpolls at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, in almost the exact same spot he saw them a couple of years ago, feeding on birch inflorescence by the East Pond, were easily his best birds of the weekend. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Animal Ethics

MAY 11, 2008

It tends to be the Jersey natives who drive too fast and refuse to build fences in their backyards who view wildlife as the enemy. People who move out here from the city generally feel the same way.

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New York Times New York New Jersey Deer 40

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MARCH 3, 2012

Platalea ajaja is a marvelous bird and I was delighted to make its acquaintance - for only the second time in my life – at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge’s Black Point Drive when I was attending the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival in January.

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Wildlife New Jersey South America United States 174

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NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Even crazier, the Lower Hudson Christmas Bird Count, which includes parts of Bergen and Hudson Counties in New Jersey and most of Manhattan, also overlaps our count, but so far as I know no birders have ever ventured into Queens from Manhattan to lay claim to any turf. And if they did we would surely send them packing!).

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Birds New York City New York New Jersey 163

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

I think every naturalist in the United States knows the outlines of this urban tale: The pristine marshes of New Jersey are poisoned by pollution, toxic waste, pig farms, and probably every single way in which human beings can destroy the environment. This is the fable of the New Jersey Meadowlands and it is all true.

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New Jersey Legislation Mammals Pigs 141

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DECEMBER 23, 2014

I was a bit sad, too, that we had annoyed the owl enough that it felt it had to strafe us … my normal MO is to avoid stressing out wildlife. I had a couple of pretty good twitches this year too, birds like Willow Ptarmigan and Cassin’s Kingbird in New York and European Golden-Plover in New Jersey.

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2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 182

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JANUARY 5, 2015

Read on if you want to indulge me in reliving my version of it… In 2014 I birded in three countries (United States, Canada, Costa Rica), four states (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida), and forty-two counties. (I’m Once again attending the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival.

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2014 Costa Rica New York New Jersey 236

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JANUARY 2, 2015

“It is next to impossible to persuade people in India to donate money for injured raptors,” says Nadeem Shehzad, co-founder of Wildlife Rescue , a registered non-profit in the Chawri Bazar area of Old Delhi. Watch this remarkable video about Wildlife Rescue, and read their blog. It is our duty to save them.”.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation India Rescue Wounded 260

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JANUARY 26, 2015

For me, one of the best parts of going to Florida for the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival is the chance to see Roseate Spoonbills. Ever since I saw my first spoonbill, a vagrant in New Jersey , I have been a bit obsessed with the big, pink, bizarrely-billed birds. You can never get enough spoonbill!

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New Jersey Florida Wildlife 2015 219

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

I recently traveled to Oklahoma to help spread the word of wildlife, finding all kinds of adventure along the way. Since wildlife rehabilitators are in short supply wherever you go, we tend to forge internet friendships; then the fact that our closest compatriots may live thousands of miles away isn’t such a problem. No matter.

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Tulsa Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma Wildlife 179

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

The new edition adds 11 species, birds such as Zone-tailed Hawk, Short-tailed Hawk, and California Condor that are only seen in specific areas of North America. As birders in New Jersey recently found out when a Crested Caracara showed up in a farm field in the middle of suburbia, hawks just might show up anywhere!

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North America Bald Eagle Birds Eagles 214

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JUNE 7, 2011

Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, better known as Brigantine. According to the Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of New Jersey (link is a PDF) there are thirteen species of turtle that can be found in the state, so I have already spotted just under a third of the turtle species that there are to see in the Garden State.

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Turtles Terrapins New Jersey Reptiles 179

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

North of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens is a middle class neighborhood, predominantly Italian-American, known as Howard Beach. Named for William J.

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