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APRIL 18, 2012

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY, April 2010 Everyone knows that New York City is an extremely expensive place to live. … This post was first published in April of 2010 but a post like this is too cool to keep hidden in the archives ! ……… a. This post has been submitted to Bird Photography Weekly #34.

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New York City New York Jamaica 2010 182

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APRIL 11, 2011

Let’s first take a look at the predictions from July of 2010 and October of 2010 side-by-side. Long-eared Owl – This is another owl species that was, like most winters, not seen in Queens (though tantalizing second-hand reports of one at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge during the Brooklyn CBC reached me).

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Jamaica Owls 2010 New York City 158

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MARCH 21, 2011

Second of all, Lewis’s Woodpeckers are birds of the west and they rarely stray to New York State. These Blasts From The Past Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of March 2010? Looking at the Queens Bird List Again Ducks Winding Up Migration Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of November 2010?

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New York Woodpeckers Jordan 2011 210