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Hurricane Irene Birding Wrap-Up

10,000 Birds

The storm surge at The Battery on the southern shore of Manhattan reached 4.0 the rescued White-tailed Tropicbird from Rensselaer County South Polar Skua was another species that didn’t always weather the storm well. The other Oceanodroma species spotted was Band-rumped Storm-petrel. That is absolutely nuts.