10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2014
We were four intrepid birders heading out of New York City to the wilds of New Jersey for birds, birds and more birds. ” Sandy Hook, our destination, is park of Gateway National Recreation Area like many of my favorite New York City birding locations. .” … Trips New Jersey Sandy Hook'
10,000 Birds
APRIL 28, 2014
On Thursday, 24 April, Eugene Nichols was minding his own business, birding along the shore of Lake Ontario on Point Peninsula, in the far northern reaches of New York State. He contacted Jeff Bolsinger, a top birder from northern New York, and they went to the site and refound the bird the next day. What’s next?
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 29, 2011
Sometimes my job, which is for a New Jersey-wide labor union, requires me to meet in Bayonne, across the Hudson River, which at that point is indistinguishable from New York Harbor, from Staten Island. As you can imagine traffic can be a nightmare. This often means that I end up with an hour or so to kill in Bayonne.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 7, 2020
Everyone is looking back on their best birds of 2019, so I thought it would be a good idea to look at a book that looks back a little further: Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City , by P. Natural areas include Pelham Bay Park, Van Cortlandt Park, Woodlawn Cemetery, New York Botanical Garden, and the Bronx Zoo.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
But, then, no one expected a Common Greenshanks in New Jersey. I drove up to where now only two cars were parked, and saw Steve and Isaac, two New York birding friends, stood in the middle of the median. In New York State! No one expected a Corn Crake. Had something happened? Or by a cat!
10,000 Birds
MAY 30, 2011
New York City is well known as a city of immigrants so it makes sense that the only lizards living within the five boroughs are immigrants as well. It may seem odd to go searching for lizards in New York City but the idea of seeing the lizards in the major metropolitan area that is Gotham is too good to pass up for long.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 13, 2012
It’s tough being a New Jersey birder. Jersey has always gotten a bad rap in general (the smells of the turnpike, the Jersey shore, the governor), and in the world of birding, the state often seems to be symbolized by two words: Cape May. Press, 2003). published by Princeton University Press.
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