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Big Year Birding Update

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Anthony Collerton is also racking up the species, with 322 species checked off his New York State checklist so far, only 30 species off the state record of 352 set just last year by Richard Fried. Anthony also has a brand new blog !

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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The new series was masterminded by Chanticleer founder Paul Steiner, who was lauded on his death 19 years later for his “brilliant idea of creating bird guides with photographs” and organizing them visually. New York Times, March 11, 1996. by John Bull and John Farrand, Jr., revised by John Farrand, Jr.

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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review

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I had heard of Roger Tory Peterson, but I didn’t know that he was a New York birder, born in upstate Jamestown in 1908, nor that he had birded the Bronx when he was a young man, a member of NYC Linnaean Society and the fabled Bronx Bird Club. I was what could be called a ‘field guide virgin’ at the time.)

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The Collaborative List 2017 – January.

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For 2017, in keeping with all the top businesses, the list will be refreshed and re-branded. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. US-NY-New York-21400-21598 Rockaway Point Blvd – 40.5597x-73.9246. Breezy Point Tip. 01 Jan 2017. Barnacle Goose – Branta leucopsis. Belmont Lake SP. 07 Jan 2017. Billy Frank Jr.

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