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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of July 2020)

10,000 Birds

While birders were out birding the coast of Queens on Friday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay hit New York City, Corey was stuck working. Fortunately, there is whale-watching happening on the American Princess, out of Brooklyn, but spending lots of times in Queens waters. How about you?

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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. Our eBird checklist for the day is here.

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