10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

The little stiff-tails are almost year-round at Jamaica Bay though almost all leave to breed in the summer and in the depths of winter, when the ponds are almost completely frozen, they tend to head for open water. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica Deer 154

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

All of the shots in this post were taken on 1 March 2011 at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s West Pond as the sun was going down. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. I love that second-to-last one, with the blue sky and what looks like late afternoon light.

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2011 Ducks Deer New York 150

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

The whistling duck call carries with it the crimes of big business, the failures of governments and the ignorance of irresponsible hunters. They are found in the Bahamas, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos, Antigua, Barbuda and Jamaica. They are also the rarest. Until recently.

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Antigua and Barbuda Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Jamaica 232

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

All of the shots in this post were taken on 12-13 March 2011 at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, New York. … Tags: digiscoping , ducks , jamaica bay • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

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Ducks 2011 New York New York City 144