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Isolation, a.k.a. Business as Usual

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In fact, if I remember correctly, it was 2013 when I first noticed (from an office window) a huge collection of sticks at the crown of a large immortelle tree. We counted seven of these alluring birds while I killed my camera battery.

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Can Birds Be Safe? If Only.

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Lawrence University associate professor Dr. Susan Willson, who led a field study involving pet cats in 2013 and 2014. And I am a serious environmentalist, and my heart bleeds every time I take my old car batteries and leftover rat poison and dump them in the river. My cat is a ferocious birder … and I am also a serious bird lover.”.

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Once in a Blue Moon

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On Tuesday August 21st, 2013, the third full moon of the summer lights up the night sky with a fourth summer moon predicted, nay expected, certain even, before the Vernal Equinox on 21st September. They do not normally affect the photo unless you crop tightly, but they can be annoying. News Blue Moon moon'

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The Thin Black Line

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Yes, in 2013 you probably had expected an embedded video, but I am old enough by now to not be ashamed of my 20th century roots. No batteries required. The group to the left is still caught in the head-shaking phase. … It is Pink Bird Weekend on 10,000 Birds!

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Still the Same Hawk: A Review of a Book about Nature and New York by a Native New Yorker

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She writes, “it is entirely possible that by 2050, Battery Park City, the Rockaways, Coney Island, Alphabet City, Red Hook, Jersey City, and much of the financial district will all be drowned land.” And, I put Matthews on my list of writers I want to read in 2013. Yeah, I paused too when I read that. Some of them are even birders.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

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Battery Pt. US-NC-Creswell-808 Spruill Town Rd W – 35.8355x-76.4209. 05 Jan 2016. Red-throated Loon – Gavia stellata. Rockaway Beach–Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.). 06 Jan 2016. Pacific Loon – Gavia pacifica. and Lighthouse. 10 Aug 2016. Common Loon – Gavia immer. West Kirby. 01 Jan 2016. 22 Jan 2016.

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