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Cooperative Connecticut Warbler in Queens

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Danny let us know about a bird he had earlier that he was convinced was a Connecticut Warbler , something I teased him about because he has never seen one and it was fun to tell him that he actually had a Nashville Warbler , of which there were at least two in the park. Right out onto the path! Here it comes! What’s next?

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Wood Warbler Names Done Right

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Connecticut Warblers are rarely seen in Connecticut or anywhere else for that matter. We here at 10,000 Birds have decided to right some wrongs and improve the birding world by renaming birds the way they should have been named from Linnaeus to the present. (Or, Well, no more!

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Learning the Birds: A Book Review

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I soon found that this bird world is one with its own logic, rules, and ethics, a place with its own language and literature, its own art and history, its heroes and a few heroines. I felt like an explorer who had landed on a distant continent, or more rightly a pilgrim who had arrived, after years of walking, at Compostela.”

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Fat Orange Cat Brew Company: The Raven

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It’s impossible to pick up a can of The Raven – a chocolate raspberry porter by the Fat Orange Cat Brew Company of East Hampton, Connecticut – and not think of that most famous supernatural poem by Edgar Allan Poe. But this beer is The Raven – not Raven, or A Raven, or Ravens.

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Why Hawkwatching is So Awesome

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Originally from London, England, Luke Tiller transplanted to Connecticut in 2003. Not all hawkwatches require a two-mile hike straight up hill just to get to the count site (though some like the Goshutes are well worth the effort), many you can roll out of your car and are right there.

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Jinx Warbler Vanquished

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Here is my story about a quest for the Connecticut Warbler.–Bill For the better part of the past 25 years of bird watching, I have had one pretty common eastern wood warbler that has eluded me: the Connecticut Warbler. I have met dozens of beginning birders who have seen the Connecticut Warbler. –Bill Thompson III.

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Neversink Spirits: Neversink Spirits Gin

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P.S. While I usually forget to make such recommendations, Neversink Spirits is located in eastern Westchester County, New York, right along the Connecticut border, and just a stone’s throw from excellent birding at the Edith G. Warming cinnamon and licorice mingle in the finish, and at the very end – a ripe hint of apple.

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