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Green Herons and their Groovy Necks

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Still, for me, it’s all about the neck… Corey’s recent post recounting Jamaica Bay in June includes a sweet shot of a heron sipping sinuously while perched in hanging branches. Here is a green heron (of the subspecies B.

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Birds of the West Indies by Kirwan, Levesque, Oberle & Sharpe

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The systematics and taxonomy used in this field guide follow the two volumes of the HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World (del Hoyo & Collar 2014, 2016) with some updates based on subsequent research that have already been adopted by BirdLife International and HBW Alive.

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Male Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis in Basic Plumage

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All of the shots in this post were taken on 12-13 March 2011 at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, New York. … Tags: digiscoping , ducks , jamaica bay • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Jochen: I like that name and I might just have to adopt it. Get yours today!

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Preparing to Compile the Queens County Christmas Bird Count

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Eventually, when the circle was adopted, it was discovered that some circles overlapped. In the earlier years of the counts, the standard fifteen-mile diameter circle used to delineate the counting area of a particular count was not applied. Bird clubs would start a count in their general geographical area and count traditional locations.

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Spotted Thick-knee

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These Blasts From The Past First Robin of Spring Eastern Phoebes in Fall Feeding Again at Forest Park Wilson’s Phalaropes Phalaropus tricolor at Jamaica Bay Wired for luck About the Author Redgannet Redgannet has been working for over 25 years as a crew member/flight attendant.

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Fraser Jamaica Plain, Mass., If these policies were adopted, small-scale animal agriculture would be a more economical model, and people would eat less meat. The other problem with meat consumption is proportion. Consumers can help the beef industry save itself by both buying less and choosing grass-fed. Andrew Rimas Evan D.