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Northern Gannet Show in New York Harbor

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Few birds are as spectacular as a Northern Gannet in a plunge dive. I did five one-minute counts of the birds going past and over the point and it averaged 150 birds per minute. I also did an extremely rough count of the birds already in the harbor and came up with roughly 3,000 birds, though I was probably undercounting.

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Learning the Birds: A Book Review

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I’m not quite sure where I was at the time, probably working, and it was six more years till I got my state Henslow’s Sparrow at Shawangunk NWR (a shorter drive and a more cooperative bird). She frames her story with first a Doonesbury comic strip (remember Dick Davenport, the bird watcher?)

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ABA Field Guide to Birds of New York Giveaway!

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The American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of New York by Corey Finger, birder, blogger, and co-emperor of 10,000 Birds, with photographs by Brian E. We at 10,000 Birds are so excited, we’ve decided to give away a copy of this excellent guide. It’s here! It’s here!

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of March 2021)

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No matter how obsessed with birding you may be, you’ll have those weekends where other concerns dominate your thoughts. But enough about the New York Giants’ free agency activity. While there, he visited some of his favorite hometown birding spots and also enjoyed seeing the birds come to his parents’ feeders.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of July 2021)

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The onset of summer birding doldrums in the temperate range of the Northern Hemisphere generally means highly restricted avian diversity… except in those places where it does not. Basically, summer birding resembles that of other seasons, just hotter and slower! What was your best bird of the weekend? How about you?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of February 2021)

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Not only have we completed Birding Tourism February , but we’ve also collectively made it through what is usually one of the least exciting birding months of the calendar year. This is not to say that fantastic birds cannot be found in February, but rather that we’re mostly picking through the remainders of the last season.

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A First Christmas Bird Count Experience

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Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners.Or These Blasts From The Past Bald Eagles are Getting Spoiled… Help Save Migratory Birds! • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover? Thanks for visiting!