10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

There was one at Breezy Point in the summer of 2018 and another one showed up at Jamaica Bay last summer. I took a gamble and got the family out on a (socially-distanced) whale-watching boat on the 12th and was rewarded, finally, with my Queens Great Shearwater ! I really, really hope. Sandwich Tern : Why not? Two-for-two!

New York City 153

New York City Birds New York Blackbirds 153

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2013

We had a family picnic at Fort Tilden less than two weeks after my last set of predictions and a single Purple Martin was flying low over the fields with Barn Swallows and Tree Swallows. Since then I have had a second Purple Martin at Jamaica Bay’s East Pond. Ruff – 02 Jul 2012 – One finally showed up in Queens.

2012 158

2012 2013 New York City Jamaica 158

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) Dale studied scarlet macaws, and worked in their conservation, for three years in southern Costa Rica, followed by a year in the Caribbean working on Whale Sharks.

2011 221

2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 221