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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of December 2013)

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As the year 2013 accelerates towards its imminent endpoint, I find myself deluged with end-of-year tasks both mundane and inspired. Instead of easing into the last days of December and out of 2013, you might consider redoubling your efforts to end this year on a triumphant note. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Learning the Birds: A Book Review

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For Rogers, the finding of the sparrow is not just about the rarity of the find or the decline of breeding Henslow’s Sparrows in New York State, though she is proud of the first and concerned about the second. She frames her story with first a Doonesbury comic strip (remember Dick Davenport, the bird watcher?)

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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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It was seeing this incredibly huge bird sitting against the backdrop of the dignified buildings that line Fifth Avenue, and seeing New Yorkers walking their fast New York pace below the hawk, ignoring my pointing finger. And, I put Matthews on my list of writers I want to read in 2013. No one looked but me.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of September 2013)

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Rumors of fall migration in Western New York must be greatly exaggerated. Corey leveled-up as a New York birder by adding lucky #300 to his Queens list. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of October 2013)

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Another new Queens bird for Corey!) Isaac Grant, who is doing a New York City big year and was on the boat as well, was just as relieved to get the bird within New York City’s boundaries. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of November 2013)

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Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was one of the many good birds he saw during the New York Birders Conference (which was a rousing success). If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of July 2013)

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The first Elegant Tern ever spotted in New York State is an amazingly good bird, especially when it is one of eight tern species for the weekend. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Corey’s selection for Best Bird of the Weekend this weekend was easy.

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