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The Traveling Birder

10,000 Birds

But Northern Cardinal, Catbird, and White-throated Sparrow do not appear until the 270s, during a visit to Central Park while on business trip to New York City. Given my west coast experience, I have made dedicated birding trips to several of the more predictable birding hotspots. Geography is destiny.

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Amazing Seawatch from Robert Moses State Park

10,000 Birds

A pretty major front was supposed to make its way over New York City in the wee hours so we decided to play it by ear and call each other early in the morning and figure out if the weather would be decent enough to go out at all and, if so, where we would go. Long-tailed Jaeger ! What would you do?