10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2015
And of eggs and nests and birds on nests. Into the Nest , as the title says, is about the courting, mating, egg-laying, nesting, and parenting behavior of “familiar birds”. Photos of birds from northeastern areas predominate, not surprisingly since photographer Marie Read lives and works in upstate New York.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2018
A regional rarity around New York City, Tundra Swans are only regular at Hook Pond in Suffolk County, way out on the eastern end of Long Island. I’d only ever had two encounters with Tundra Swans in Queens, one in November of 2006 and a flock of thirty-three, believed to have been forced down by a storm, in November of 2014.
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Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 18, 2006
I buy pasture-raised meat, milk and eggs from local farmers who I know personally, because the animals are healthier than industrially raised animals, and I find that the quality is better. This program will create havoc on America’s small farms. Marjorie Smith Shoemakersville, Pa.,
10,000 Birds
JULY 1, 2014
They cut down the trees the parrots used for nesting and brought black rats, who ate their eggs, and honeybees who swarmed into their nests, and by 1937 there were only about 2,000 Puerto Rican Parrots left. A second flock is released into the wild in 2006. Spanish settlers arrived in 1493 and called the birds Coterras.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
With a hardiness that belies their delicate looks (but helps explain their phenomenal success), these pioneering pigeons are already sitting on eggs at at least one location in Montana. You’d think that the parks of New York City would be a natural for this bird, if it can survive from India to Montana. Wicked, right?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 3, 2015
He has authored Woodpeckers of Europe (2004), Birding in Eastern Europe (2006), a monograph on The Black Woodpecker (2011), and numerous popular and scholarly articles. I also enjoyed the breeding photo series, showing Downy Woodpecker eggs and then hatchlings within a breeding chamber in a tree, with only a few wood chips to support them.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2016
US-NY-New York-Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center – 40.6603x-73.9325. Big Egg Marsh. Finca Hamadryas. 09 Jan 2016. Cape May Warbler – Setophaga tigrina. Bill Baggs Cape Florida SP. 20 Apr 2016. Cerulean Warbler – Setophaga cerulea. 10 May 2016. Northern Parula – Setophaga americana. 03 Jan 2016.
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