10,000 Birds
APRIL 30, 2021
At the time, I was just getting into birding and while I’d already been to Jamaica Bay a few times, spring migration was an entirely new phenomenon to me and I’d only seen one warbler species up to that point ( Yellow Warblers at Jamaica Bay, in fact, exactly a week before my Prospect Park trip).
10,000 Birds
APRIL 10, 2016
I don’t know which legislative branch to appeal to, but there ought to be a law that mandates life birds on a birder’s birthday. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a cooperative Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge that contentedly foraged while Corey digiscoped. Sure beats cake! How about you?
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 17, 2016
I was privileged to help my mother-in-law see her first Common Loon in its summer finery, but for me, the highlight amidst the myriad ducks and grebes was a new regiment of Ruddy Ducks in the waterfowl mix at Conesus Lake. These seasons of transition make for exciting birding. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 19, 2012
This weekend was dedicated to enjoying the company of my visiting mother, brother, sister-in-law, and niece. But on his boat ride around lower New York Harbor and Jamaica Bay on Sunday he found himself appreciating the Herring Gulls more than any other species. Have you been participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count ?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 12, 2013
There’s a house I’ve long dreamed of perched next to Jamaica Bay that has Curlew Sandpiper and Ruff as possibilities, with a good enough scope; heck, a flock of Wood Storks once flew over the very average suburban Atlanta back yard of the Inimitable Todd’s very average brother and sister-in-law and thus got on my life list.
Animal Person
MARCH 21, 2009
An update that of course thrills me is that Jamaica has decided to not grant permission for the introduction of greyhound racing (read the l etter from Bruce Golding, Jamaica's Prime Minister--it's only two sentence long, but it does the job). A less-than-thrilling update is that South Africa is still considering dog racing.
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