10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2018
1PM – Clare: Cameras with AA Batteries are the Best. 7AM – Corey: Snowy Owls are Superior in Every Way to Great Gray Owls. 7PM – Jochen: Spring Sparrows are Way Cooler than Spring Warblers. 7AM – Intro Post. 1PM – Mike: Lookalike Birds Should Be Lumped. 7AM – Donna: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds.
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. Fortunately, a few minutes later a Great Horned Owl pair did a duet for me from somewhere west of the platform and that was worth having gotten up while most people were still sound asleep. Birds started to awaken one by one.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 24, 2018
1PM – Clare: Cameras with AA Batteries are the Best. 7AM – Corey: Snowy Owls are Superior in Every Way to Great Gray Owls. 7PM – Jochen: Spring Sparrows are Way Cooler than Spring Warblers. You can see our full week’s worth of scheduled offerings below: SUNDAY. 7AM – Intro Post.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2019
Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Fox Sparrow – Passerella iliaca. Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark – Eremopterix leucotis. Southern Gray-headed Sparrow – Passer diffusus. Japanese Scops-Owl – Otus semitorques. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba. Ash Creek Wildlife Area (LAS Co.).
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 14, 2019
At five-forty-five Sunday morning I started the eBird checklist while perched atop the Battery Harris Platform at Fort Tilden. Using this trick we added Field Sparrow (new to the list!) and Lincoln’s Sparrow. It was the sixth year in a row of the Queens County Bird Club Big Sit, my favorite event of the year.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 15, 2018
That, and 10 days back on the way was going to be a great to recharge the batteries after a long round-the-world trip. My first surprise of the day came in the form of a great look at a Barred Owl, just sitting on an open branch. Here is the look got of that Barred Owl , first thing in the morning.
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. We were running low on birds we thought possible with House Sparrow and Downy Woodpecker being two of the easiest left.
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