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Great Grassland Birds at Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge

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Newburgh is a little over an hour north of New York City so I figured I could get a visit in to a few great locations for breeding birds that I hadn’t yet seen this year. Once I stepped out of the car the sightings piled up quickly: Grasshopper Sparrow , American Kestrel , Savannah Sparrow , Willow Flycatcher , Eastern Meadowlark.

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The Summer Doldrums

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Migration hasn’t really kicked in, the breeders aren’t tied to breeding territories any more, and it is hot and sweaty outside. What other birds can you find in summer’s dog days? Sparrows are missing; wood-warblers vamoose. Nothing is quite as much of a downer to a birder than the summer doldrums.

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