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AUGUST 3, 2020

Learn to read the signs, and you’ll be able to tell the time of year just by which species cross your path… I had the chance to observe some interesting avian activity along the lakeshore this weekend, but the Eastern Bluebirds down in rural Pennsylvania were most distinctively colorful, which counts for a lot with me.

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2020 Pennsylvania Jamaica Birds 171

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OCTOBER 2, 2016

I enjoyed autumnal splendor down in rural Pennsylvania at that perfect moment when lush green foliage begins to mix with brilliant red, orange, and gold. He couldn’t decide between a Bobolink on the barrier beaches of Queens and the Eurasian Wigeon on the East Pond of Jamaica Bay. He flipped a coin and the wigeon won!

Lamb 154

Lamb 2016 Pennsylvania Jamaica 154

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JUNE 5, 2016

I experienced some of my best birding in a long time as I explored some new trails at my mother-in-law’s rural Pennsylvania home. Corey had a lot of birds to choose from as his Best Bird of the Weekend from a Red-necked Phalarope at Jamaica Bay to a Brewster’s Warbler at Sterling Forest.

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2016 Pennsylvania Jamaica New York 100

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MAY 8, 2011

I was fortunate enough to spot the individual in this post at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge where it was foraging in bushes and small trees between four and fifteen off of the ground. The shot below is of a first-fall female Cape May Warbler taken in Potter County, Pennsylvania, by Mike Bergin in September of 2009.

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Tigers United States Jamaica Pennsylvania 159