10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2021

Spring in western New York was and is a time of melting snow, of ice chunks being rushed along the Niagara River, of when you wondered if this year, would it maybe stay warm in April and not snow again? Wilson’s Plovers are in Breeding Plumage. More Birds are Singing. All the way to Alaska maybe?

Costa Rica 263

Costa Rica West Virginia Baltimore Virginia 263

Animal Person

DECEMBER 17, 2009

During a brief moment of insanity after the death of my pet kitty Brady in 1991 (at the age of 17), I attended Vermont Law School to study Environmental Law. South Royalton, Vermont is a picturesque New England town that in 1991 didn’t even have a stoplight. I'll get back up to speed for next week, but without further ado. 

Bears 100

Bears Vermont Laws Wounded 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Seney National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1935 as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife.” Swan Lake Refuge is managed as “a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife”. New Jersey/New York. The refuge is already open to sport fishing.

Fish 142

Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 142

10,000 Birds

JULY 12, 2019

Though I never cared much for the season growing up, my initial birding forays to Jamaica Bay in Queens were a welcome antidote to the smelly sidewalks and sweltering apartments that plagued my life in summer in New York City.

Detroit 135

Detroit New York New York City Vermont 135

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Of course, reading field guides breeds jealousy. Not surprisingly, the challenge is coming from the East Coast in the form of the so-called New England IPA, a beer that has taken the craft beer industry by storm in just a few years. courtesy of a new generation of American, Australian, and New Zealand hop cultivars.

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Pelicans India Vermont San Diego 113