10,000 Birds
JULY 29, 2018
We have been busy walking the beach and keeping an eye on our local Pied Oystercatchers and the two pairs that laid their eggs earliest for the 2018 breeding season and successfully hatched out their chicks have now lost their chicks to predation. One pair have already returned to the nest site and will no doubt lay a further clutch of eggs in due course.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2018
A few years ago, I was invited to give a series of four short lectures, in quick succession, on birds of the Danube River. It was a tree planting event organised by a local NGO, the Supernatural, and groups of volunteers – both adults and kids – were visiting me by the bird tower. At first, everything went smoothly. The second lecture is the same as the first, third… Have I already said this, or did I say that to the previous group?
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10,000 Birds
JULY 29, 2018
Midsummer means shorebirding in these parts. Some of you may be stifling a yawn at the very thought of parsing peeps, while others may be thrilled that those little brown beachcombers have finally found your part of the world. Either way, birders gotta bird, so make the most of whatever the season offers. I heard about some extraordinary (for Rochester) shorebirds up at Braddock Bay, but all I earned for my efforts this weekend were a few Semipalmated Sandpipers.
10,000 Birds
JULY 28, 2018
Ladies and gentlemen, the Silly Season approaches. Parliament takes a summer break and trivial stories fill the slow-news days. For birders, the summer brings the opportunities to pursue alternative interests with little chance of missing anything exciting. Some fill their days with butterflies or dragonflies. This season, I shall mostly be watching trucks!
Speaker: Steve Romanco
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2018
For all its enduring appeal as the perfect summer table fruit, the strawberry only seldom embarks on the hopeful journey to posterity undertaken by grapes, apples, and other fruits that enjoy greater attention from producers of fermented beverages. Aside from its use in country winemaking, where strawberry wine is a beloved and venerable product of the rustic English tradition, this luscious, rubescent teardrop of the rose family is rarely granted the chance to preserve its delicate and rapidly
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2018
Here in the Empire State, August’s arrival triggers some predictable reactions: “Aw, summer is almost over.” “Aw, school will be starting any day now.” “Yee-haw, fall migration is starting soon!” OK, we don’t really shout “Yee-haw” in New York, but our profane exclamations are not fit for a family-friendly blog.
10,000 Birds
JULY 30, 2018
It is summer and I live in Queens. That means it is time to look for shorebirds on the East Pond of Jamaica Bay. And look I did this weekend with visits to the pond on both Saturday and Sunday mornings despite the ferocious mosquitoes that insisted upon a blood donation as the price of admission to the pond. Blood paid, I entered each morning at the south end of the pond, working my way up the east side with the light shining on the pond from behind me.
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