10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The following emails were intercepted by our crack team of investigative journalists. How lazy and/or bad are these New York City birders? I knew we should have used a bigger species! This might not have been the best species to use. Everyone in New York City is losing their mind now.

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Ducks 2018 New York City Sparrows 165

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

My surprise at reading such a detailed account (I don’t have Klem’s dissertation in front of me, but I’m imagining this is a more personal retelling) was tempered by the thought that Klem wasn’t describing any old research, this was the FIRST research project investigating why birds fly into glass.

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New York City Birds Illinois Science 263

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2011

Seth Ausubel is one of the best birders in Queens, New York, and Corey is ever-so-thankful that Seth does not use eBird because that way Corey can pretend that he is the top lister in the borough. One of the least known stories of New York birding is the tale of the wild Mitred Parakeets. What, you may ask?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

New York City apartments don’t allow feeders to be hung from fire escapes (though I know certain birders that skirt that rule), and it wasn’t until I had already been birding for four-and-a-half years that I obtained a small yard in central New Jersey in which I could place a feeder or two or three.

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Birds New York City Squirrels New York 185

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2012

in the wilds of New York City O.K., Richmond County, one of New York City’s five boroughs. What is truly remarkable is that our quarry was a newly discovered species of leopard frog. You’re probably incredulous that a new species of frog has been discovered in New York City.

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New York City New York Leopards Investigation 159

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

Their populations, plus those of other species that ‘wore’ the coveted long, colorful feathers used for women’s fashionable hats, were being dangerously depleted by hunters intent on feeding the millinery industry. Fitting, since New York City and London were the centers of the millinery trade. This is good stuff.

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