10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2020

We counted seven of these alluring birds while I killed my camera battery. By the time my camera battery had went to 0%, the tropical sun was already heating things up and we were just about to pack up and leave when the flock of toucans flew toward us, one landing a mere 30 feet away.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As I am already familiar with CL Companion, ELs and NLs, as well as the ATS/STX scopes, now I had a chance to try those toys I am not familiar with, such as hunting EL Range binoculars with built-in electronics telling the user the distance and an azimuth angle (interesting, but I still prefer my binoculars without batteries).

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Critter News

APRIL 12, 2009

By removing eggs from their ingredient list, BOCA is withdrawing financial support for factory farms that use battery-cages. Tags: battery hens eggs farm animal welfare. They are striking a blow against the cruel egg industry. Whether or not you choose to eat eggs, this is a major victory for animals.

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Critter News

JULY 8, 2011

Similar legislation, on hold as a result of today’s agreement, was planned in Washington State and Oregon.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Corey’s more ambitious plan involves the sixth annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit at the Battery Harris Platform at Fort Tilden in, you guessed it, Queens. My daughter and I are planning to piece together a semi-Big Day on Sunday by hitting all the local hotspots along Lake Ontario. How about you?

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

And yet another reminder for tomorrow: I should somewhere buy one of those button-type batteries for a Bluetooth remote shutter, to give it a shot at digiscoping birds at fruit feeders of Selva Verde with a smartphone photo adapter. Something to do before the trip: To fully recharge the head lamp.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2021

As always, we held our sit high atop Battery Harris at Fort Tilden on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens. And if you want to join us next year, we’ll be on the Battery Harris Platform on the second Saturday in October unless the weather is absolutely horrific, in which case we’ll be there the next day.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

I had thought that my camera use on two previous neighborhood outings was not enough to demand recharging its battery. One might think I had already had enough troubles on this outing, but, no, one more problem would present itself. I was wrong. At first I was quite upset.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2014

That spot is Battery Harris Platform at Fort Tilden, a hawk watch platform built on top of the remnants of an old artillery battery that helped protect New York Harbor back when Fort Tilden was actually still a military base. On Sunday, 12 October, I’ll be in one spot all day long from predawn until post-sunset. A Big Sit!

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Critter News

JUNE 28, 2009

Tags: battery hens eggs USDA farm animal welfare us agribusiness.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

But necessity is the mother of invention and some camera battery covers doubled up as spoons to ensure that our stomachs could stop their grumbling! Just about then I realized that I had forgotten to pack spoons when packing breakfast. I wasn’t amused, neither was my wife. A vocalizing Cocoa Woodcreeper flew in on its foraging route.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

But with battery eggs costing about $2 a dozen and organic free-range eggs costing between $5 and $6 a dozen, the impact of the proposed change goes beyond poultry. This short article reports that Vancouver, BC is considering a measure similar to Prop 2 in California, but there are concerns amongst advocates of the poor.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2012

These particular birds were in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, but the same story is taking place all over the world right now, as few species have successfully adapted to as many locations as the House Sparrow. A couple of weeks ago I watched and photographed a young House Sparrow getting fed by its mother.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2018

We had persevered through four years at the top of Battery Harris Platform and could bring our experience to bear on the task of trying to record as many species as possible on a single day from that single spot. I had high hopes for the 5th Annual Queens County Bird Club Big Sit this past Saturday at Fort Tilden. Osprey are awesome.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Zelda, the Wild Turkey who makes Battery Park, at the southern tip of Manhattan, her home, managed to survive the flooding and devastation that Manhattan suffered due to Hurricane Sandy.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2021

I took so many photos on this outing that my battery ran out of charge before I finally saw the Grebes , so no photos of those.). These birds are normally a constant presence on the lake, but because of the drought, it had been a year since I had seen the Grebes there, and a 18 months for the Ruddy Ducks. (I

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 23, 2010

Also, you never need batteries, as it is totally person powered! The bubbles fill a small reservoir in the blower, and then with a few pulls of the trigger, bacon flavored bubbles come out for your dog to catch. They are safe to eat, and though I didn’t try tasting one, they did smell like bacon! Plus, it’s fun to use too.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2016

In the moderate warmth of a Miami morning, he was able to sustain his fan under light cloud for longer than my camera battery could last. To make the post more complete, I should include a picture of the peahen ignoring him on the path, but that would have meant turning away from his magnificent exhibition.

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Critter News

APRIL 10, 2009

Tags: battery hens animal cruelty eggs undercover investigation farm animal welfare.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 9, 2012

Even with the battery for the light, it isn’t any heavier than her regular collar, and she seemed to find it comfortable to wear. Baby thought it was a lot of fun to be able to go out walking after the sun started setting, something she doesn’t normally get to do! I think she did.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

I got up on the Battery Harris platform and enjoyed large numbers of American Goldfinch going past, as well as flocks of Red-winged Blackbird , Common Grackle , and Pine Siskin. But the winds were strong, the air was cold, and my hands were starting to get numb.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2017

This is a chance to recharge out batteries, spend a little quite time together and try to get in a whole bunch of birding done. Then, I try to you avoid the bad parts. As has been our tradition, my wife and I head out to some secluded desert spot, between Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 23, 2010

I could not wait to get the batteries in and start taking photos. It arrives inside a round tin with a photo of a cat face on it. Once you pop the top open, you then see the camera, which follows the cat theme with it’s fun wink and lens eye.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2018

1PM – Clare: Cameras with AA Batteries are the Best. If you managed to miss anything during our week of belligerence and strong opinions here’s your chance to go back and click on some wonderful posts! 7AM – Intro Post. 7AM – Corey: Snowy Owls are Superior in Every Way to Great Gray Owls.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2013

My camera battery is probably pretty tired, too, from taking shot after shot of natural beauty and avian charmers. Birding by kayak can now come off my bucket list. … and boy, are my legs tired, from all those hours in scrunched-up airplane seats.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2012

No wonder folks are hoarding water and batteries! I don’t know how things are in your part of the world, but in my geographic proximity, people are freaking out. Much of the Mid-Atlantic is bracing for what has been endearingly termed a Frankenstorm. They seems pretty pleased to be on the property themselves!

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Critter News

OCTOBER 19, 2008

and Canada are actively opposing battery cages. Some 200 companies have an average flock size of one million hens in a single location, with the top 60 companies producing 85% of all eggs. At the International Egg Commission’s annual meeting, held last month in China, it was noted that animal welfare activists in the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

And seeing as there were good northwest winds overnight, weather radar had shown lots of birds taking off, and the winds were expected to continue from the north through the morning, I decided that I would make my way to Fort Tilden at first light and install myself on the Battery Harris Platform.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2019

Ben Lizdas commented somewhere how fascinated he is with optics: in this electronic era, the top-notch binoculars are true high-tech, yet they work without batteries. My life list is not even a thousand species long, yet, I birded four continents and the list of bird families should be quite interesting.).

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2015

And I am a serious environmentalist, and my heart bleeds every time I take my old car batteries and leftover rat poison and dump them in the river. All these tender, tormented people, spending years crying crocodile tears about maimed and butchered birds, when all they had to do was close the door and keep their lethal property inside. “My

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2018

1PM – Clare: Cameras with AA Batteries are the Best. We are more refined, merely enjoying invasive species, thinking extinct birds are gone and you should get over it, and that those who like to watch gulls probably have a screw or two loose. You can see our full week’s worth of scheduled offerings below: SUNDAY.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2016

A set of over three hundred pictures would not have been possible with reel film, but with 16GB of storage card and a fresh battery, it was easy to just keep firing until the bird shuffled heavily up onto the bank to digest. At times like this, the advantages of digital photography make themselves abundantly clear.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

I dropped my meager box of baby supplies off and stopped to chat to the two volunteers who were already helping people who had stopped in looking for warm clothing, batteries, and a sympathetic ear. I have never seen Evening Grosbeaks in Queens. It was almost enough to make this avowed atheist believe in karma.

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Birds Blackbirds Battery Sparrows 48

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2013

If you have a Canon DSLR camera, select the “Sensor Cleaning/ Clean Manually” facility from the menu (first ensure that you have a full battery). They do not normally affect the photo unless you crop tightly, but they can be annoying. There is no need to do any manual cleaning, just turn the camera off and back on again.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2016

Some birding friends of mine do use it in the field and are happy with it, but I am still reluctant to go completely electronic and skip the paper… The simple explanation may be, the battery in my notebook never goes flat, but there is more to it: I write faster than I click.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2013

No batteries required. Yes, in 2013 you probably had expected an embedded video, but I am old enough by now to not be ashamed of my 20th century roots. I have no video, just this series of photographs, but feel free to print them out, bind them and use them as your own personal flamingo flip-book.

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