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A Brown Booby in Queens

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And seeing as there were good northwest winds overnight, weather radar had shown lots of birds taking off, and the winds were expected to continue from the north through the morning, I decided that I would make my way to Fort Tilden at first light and install myself on the Battery Harris Platform. and also had the guts to call this bird.

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Veraguan Mango – Panama's ex-endemic

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Veraguan Mango – Panama’s ex-endemic Veraguan Mango – Panama’s ex-endemic By James • March 1, 2011 • 4 comments Tweet Share Endemism is special. Boring Winter Birding?

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The Future of Birding Field Guides is Digital

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The future definitely will be electronic. 5 Responses to “The Future of Birding Field Guides is Digital&# Kelly Rishor Mar 21st, 2011 at 2:34 pm Hi Mike, While watching a bird watching program this weekend on TV, the host was using an Audubon Mobile app. I can’t get a good feel for them (I still prefer my book version).

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Hurricane Irene Birding Wrap-Up

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There might be some question as to if the birding that resulted from Hurricane Irene on Sunday, 28 August 2011, was the best birding ever in New York State but any day that can even be entered into that conversation is going to feature some amazingly good birding. The storm surge at The Battery on the southern shore of Manhattan reached 4.0