10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
Sure, this is normal occurrence across much of Europe and southwest Asia but this particular tale comes from out on the east end of New York’s Long Island, in the town of Medford, where this happened to an unsuspecting non-birder, Celeste Rovner.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 13, 2016
On Sunday, 5 June, word of Jay McGowan finding a Gargeney at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in western New York State hit the listservs. Its a Eurasian bird, migrating from Africa and south Asia every spring. The long ride back to New York City was uneventful but much more upbeat than it was after the Gray Kingbird dip.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2011
Anas strepera is a common and widespread duck, breeding across northern Europe and Asia, as well as central North America. Here in New York, as on most of the east coast of the United States, Gadwall are a year-round bird, breeding in appropriate marsh habitat.
10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2022
I do not get too many comments on my blog posts, but it seems that whenever I write about jacanas – whether in Africa, Australia, or Asia – there is an unusually high number of reactions (well, maybe one or two rather than the usual zero) from female readers. This is ok as birds do not have teeth anyway). End of side note.
10,000 Birds
JULY 31, 2012
Eurasian Wrynecks are found breeding across the temperate zones of Europe and Asia. They migrate to warmer climes in Africa and south Asia to winter. Until a month ago I had never seen the Eurasian Wryneck either, but the trip to Hungary took care of that gap on the life list easily.
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
Will Raup is a birder from upstate New York who helped Corey learn a lot about birds when Corey was first starting out as a birder. In the east, this species can be found along the east coast of Africa, the Nile Valley,and into parts of the middle east and India and southeast Asia. There are two main subspecies, the nominate B.
Animal Person
MARCH 27, 2009
In "Council Bozos Want to Ban Circus Animals in City" Ellis Henican ridicules the New York City Council for introducing a bill to ban the "display of wild or exotic animals for public entertainment or amusement." And without their well-run breeding programs, many exotic species really could soon disappear from Earth for good.
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