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Black Mud, Floating Onions, and Great Birds – A Day’s Birding in Orange County, New York

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There were three of us that made the trip to the famed Black Dirt region of Orange County, New York yesterday. We had as our goals spotting the reported Cattle Egret and Blue Grosbeaks and as many shorebirds as could be found in the flooded environs. We were there for the birds! More impressive was the agricultural scenery.

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Answer to the Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens

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In fact, the very first person to guess, Nick , managed to get the third quiz picture correct by calling it a Bald Eagle. Of course, that was the easiest of the three because though the bird in the image is captive, a bird that was injured and can’t be returned to the wild, Bald Eagles do occur regularly and naturally in Queens.

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The Birds of New Jersey: Status and Distribution – A Review by a Sometime Jersey Birder

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The New Jersey Bird Records Committee (NJBRC) documents 465 species of natural origin. This places New Jersey in the top third of our 52 states, which isn’t bad at all when you realize that New Jersey is one of the smallest states geographically. That Cattle Egret I found in Somerset County, August 2009?

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Pat’s Year List, it’s 2016!

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Coming from Niagara Falls, New York, it also means freezing, bitter cold, watching for imaginary Polar Bears while pretending to walk through an Arctic landscape, and looking for owls. Back in Costa Rica, walks through coffee and fields near the house, and a few other day trips have upped the list to 250 species.

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Collaborative list – June 2019

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beats have still managed to share 82 checklists and accounted for 737 species. Our two newest contributors have shared from Mexico and China, bringing the countries birded this month (also including; Costa Rica, Greece, Serbia, USA, UK, India, UAE and New Zealand) to 10. 449–543 Cross Bay Blvd, New York US-NY (40.6103,-73.8191).

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Collaborative list January 2021

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The beats are famed for their inclusion on the nice side of the ledger and this month 9 of them shared 163 lists from 7 countries (Australia, Costa Rica, USA, UK, Serbia, China and Trinidad and Tobago) and accounted for 735 bird species. Mike doubled up with “smushed”, a new addition to the adjective list.

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Collaborative list – January 2020

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This shows the top birders, by species or checklists submitted. 82-29 Abingdon Rd, New York US-NY (40.7088,-73.8342). Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus. White-tailed Eagle – Haliaeetus albicilla. 82-29 Abingdon Rd, New York US-NY (40.7088,-73.8342).

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