10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2013

I’m absolutely mad about them — I have been my whole life,” she told a packed ballroom at New York City’s Plaza Hotel last Thursday at a National Audubon Society dinner to honor two leading conservationists. Bette Midler , conservationist and star of screen and stage, has a thing for birds.

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New York City New York New York Times Birds 215

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2012

Disbelief probably seems like the proper response to the idea that there are woodpeckers in New York City. But even birders might be surprised to learn that eight species of woodpecker have graced New York City’s five boroughs with their presence! After all, woodpeckers peck on trees, not skyscrapers.

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New York City New York Woodpeckers New Jersey 259

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

In the New York City area the number and variety of sparrows a birder can see in mid-April is astounding. So what species, exactly, can a birder expect to see with reasonable effort in mid-April in New York City? Song Sparrow I hope this short primer on sparrows in and around New York City was helpful.

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Sparrows New York City New York Fox 145

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Elisa and I had been college roommates, meeting the very first day of classes back in 2008. We had stayed close since graduation, regularly visiting each other at her home-base in New York City and mine in Washington, DC, then North Carolina, and now Florida. View of a swimming Mute Swan.

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North Carolina New York City DC Birds 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2013

One of my favorite birding spots is Kissena Corridor Park in Queens, New York. Not only that, but shortly after I moved to New York City in 2008 the Parks Department ripped out a whole bunch of invasive species, worked hard to prevent them from coming back, and planted a bunch of native species.

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Baltimore New York City New York Branding 177

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The Masked Trogon was present in some of the work at this “Huellas de Vida Show” (Traces of Life), but it wasn’t until 2008 that he started to become the theme of the show. Please come out to see my show that opens 10 February 2011 at the Agora Gallery , in Chelsea, New York. … a.

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Venezuela New York New York City 2008 257

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

For thirty-five of those years the compiler was Bob Dieterich, who passed the reins to Ian Resnick in 2008, the year I did my first count. The New York City area’s Christmas Bird Count density is absurd. Eventually, when the circle was adopted, it was discovered that some circles overlapped.

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Birds New York City New York New Jersey 164