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Swampcrawler

10,000 Birds

This year, though, the birds have seemed to be venturing much closer to the road than usual, and some birders have been lucky enough to spot what is easily the most difficult (I will broker no argument) of the local breeding birds to get a look at, some even coming away with passable, even if hardly Nat Geo quality, photos.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

For example, Red-bellied Woodpeckers began their colonization “without warning” on western Long Island in mid-May 1961, expanded “the invasion” in spring 1962, and then incurred a “second invasion” in spring 1969 (p. Norse was a Wall Street broker; John Kieran was a sports reporter and radio panelist.