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Banded Semipalmated Sandpipers at Big Egg Marsh, Queens, New York

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Now that passerine migration has largely wound down the attention of this New York birder has shifted to seabirds, shorebirds, and the occasional trip looking for breeding birds. It is a great spot for Horseshoe Crabs to spawn and lay eggs so it is no wonder that shorebirds congregate to eat those eggs.

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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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They showed me their wounds! They were awesome.” “A driver wearing a tuxedo and white gloves pulled up in a stretch limousine,” said Barbara Bellens-Picon in New York, “and handed us a velvet-lined box of baby squirrels.” One of them put him in their motorcycle box and they all brought him to me. She even slept with it.”

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The Beautiful and Colorful Mourning Dove

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The nickel was placed in the nest for the photo to show me the size of the egg for identification purposes, then removed. Even though the female lays only two eggs per nest attempt, they enjoy a protracted breeding season in which multiple nesting attempts can occur every 30 days, and in Southern locations, nearly year round.

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Sea Snakes of Northern Australia

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Olive Sea Snake that has had a dog visit it on the beach Olive Sea Snake with obvious bulge Stoke’s Sea Snake Stoke’s Sea Snake with wounds Dubois’ Sea Snake Dubois’ Sea Snake being returned to the sea! These do lay eggs on land and are (reasonably) mobile once they hit the beach. I hope you enjoy these photos!

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