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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of October 2016)

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Nature lovers, on the other hand, find time for wildlife watching every weekend. Though Floridians might laugh, the Cattle Egret is Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend. At least one weekend a year, bats–particularly the vampiric kind–command more attention than birds, at least from most people. How about you?

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A New Year Begins! But First–A Celebration of My 2018 Top Ten Birds

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For some reason, even though there are Mandarin Ducks in zoos throughout New York City, this escapee has become an internationally known tourist attraction, even heading the New York Times list of “Five Times the Internet Was Actually Fun in 2018.” I easily spotted the Whooping Cranes in the cattle field.

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The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana

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We remember starlings not skylarks, House Sparrows not Eurasian Tree Sparrows , Cattle Egrets not… well, whatever we’ve forgotten because it didn’t do as well as the Cattle Egrets. So, tentatively, welcome spring and new life. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Nicole: Glad you liked it!

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Collaborative list – January 2020

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Curu Wildlife Reserve. 82-29 Abingdon Rd, New York US-NY (40.7088,-73.8342). Curu Wildlife Reserve. Curu Wildlife Reserve. Curu Wildlife Reserve. Curu Wildlife Reserve. Curu Wildlife Reserve. Curu Wildlife Reserve. Lago de Cuitzeo. 01 Jan 2020. Lakeside School catfish farm. 11 Jan 2020.

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Answer to the Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens

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There has been one for the last couple winters at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, but I don’t think anyone has gotten as close to it as I got to the one at the Queens Zoo. Mallard Complexity About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens.

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Combined Beats’ List, May 2016

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Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. US-NY-New York-Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center – 40.6603x-73.9325. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Big Egg Marsh.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

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Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. 10 Feb 2016. 05 Mar 2016.

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