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Back from the West!

10,000 Birds

After sixteen days touring the interior west and west coast of the United States with my family I am back in New York City. And, let me tell you, it was an amazing trip with gorgeous scenery, lots of cool mammals, and, of course, a whole big bunch of birds!

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Showdown In Arroyo Grande: The Search For The Ivory Gull

10,000 Birds

One Seagull Steve was living in San Francisco, on a birding hiatus. Instead of prowling the disgusting shores of Lake Merced for vagrant warblers, he had spent the fall in a haze of scumbaggery and debauchery in seedy bars and filthy apartments across San Francisco. Let me start from the beginning. It was the year 2010.