10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
On Saturday morning I was out on the East Pond of Jamaica Bay with Carlos and Anthony enjoying a mid-September search for shorebirds. Of course, injured animals have a very difficult time making it in the wild. From a symbol (to me) of resilience to a falcon’s plaything in a few hours.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 26, 2016
Someday I would like to find one at Jamaica Bay. The key to getting good images of vultures, like this Black Vulture , is to disguise yourself as a dead animal. Anhinga is a bird we don’t ever get to see in New York. Look at that eye! This bird was lounging at the Viera Wetlands.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 9, 2011
The little stiff-tails are almost year-round at Jamaica Bay though almost all leave to breed in the summer and in the depths of winter, when the ponds are almost completely frozen, they tend to head for open water. Leucism “is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation in animals and humans.&#
10,000 Birds
APRIL 12, 2013
There’s a house I’ve long dreamed of perched next to Jamaica Bay that has Curlew Sandpiper and Ruff as possibilities, with a good enough scope; heck, a flock of Wood Storks once flew over the very average suburban Atlanta back yard of the Inimitable Todd’s very average brother and sister-in-law and thus got on my life list.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 17, 2013
If I had my druthers I would be birding the East Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge pretty much every day from July until September. Isn’t Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge a great place to see them? … Trips Jamaica Bay Queens shorebirds' Aren’t shorebirds awesome? Go find some shorebirds!
Animal Person
MARCH 21, 2009
An update that of course thrills me is that Jamaica has decided to not grant permission for the introduction of greyhound racing (read the l etter from Bruce Golding, Jamaica's Prime Minister--it's only two sentence long, but it does the job). A less-than-thrilling update is that South Africa is still considering dog racing.
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 11, 2008
But the leaner meat from grass-fed animals actually tastes richer and more savory. Fraser Jamaica Plain, Mass., To the Editor: Missing from your article was mention of deleterious environmental and health effects resulting from intensive animal farming in addition to global warming. Andrew Rimas Evan D. This is stupid.
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