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Sixth Annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit An Amazing Success!

10,000 Birds

This has much less to do with the attraction of spending a day with me and much more to do with the 91 species we spotted in 2018 , including some pretty impressive birds for New York in October. We also saw lots of dolphins in the ocean and Humpback Whale blow. The Big Sit has become popular!

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Predicting My Next Five Queens Birds

10,000 Birds

Arctic Tern : There were multiple records of this species in June of 2018 out at Breezy Point and they just weren’t around when I was out there. There was one at Breezy Point in the summer of 2018 and another one showed up at Jamaica Bay last summer. They must come through as they nest out on Long Island and at many points north.