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10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2020
… The post Northern Gannet Show in New York Harbor appeared first on 10,000 Birds. After all, it’s not every day that you more than double the all time high count for a species in your home county, and it is definitely not every day that you get to witness a spectacle like a 12,000-strong gannet feeding frenzy!
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.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2019
Well, I made a list: Timber Point Country Club is in Suffolk County, New York, about forty-five minutes from my house in Queens provided traffic isn’t too bad. I had never seen a Common Greenshank in New York. … The post New York State’s First Common Greenshank appeared first on 10,000 Birds.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 30, 2018
A couple of weeks ago a group of New York’s better birders were out birding in Suffolk County when one of the four found an interesting shorebird, one which she couldn’t identify immediately. New York State’s second Wood Sandpiper was a sixteen-hour-wonder, with most of that time being the overnight hours.
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?
10,000 Birds
MAY 16, 2017
A New York City Parks Department contractor just wiped out a breeding population of sparrows in tons of trouble already, on land owned by the parks department that was supposed to be protected as “Forever Wild.” Still, I think we New York birders need to push for it. Another is in the works. .
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2016
The American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of New York by Corey Finger, birder, blogger, and co-emperor of 10,000 Birds, with photographs by Brian E. If you’ve never birded New York State, send me a brief description of a bird you would like to see in the state and why. It’s here! It’s here!
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
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! Had something happened? Had the bird moved to a different area? Maybe it was eaten by that Merlin? Or by a cat!
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2014
It’s not anywhere near as interesting as one of those amazing pink-winged Wallcreepers showing up in New York. Well maybe it’s just a Brown Creeper on a wall. But that’s still interesting, right? I was out there doing a seawatch hoping to find something rare going past.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 12, 2012
Disbelief probably seems like the proper response to the idea that there are woodpeckers in New York City. But Gotham’s many parks have some very suitable habitat for birds from the family Picidae and a birder in any borough of New York will generally find at least a couple of species during an average morning’s birding.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 24, 2014
After all, this was only the second record from New York State and the first wasn’t seen by many as it was a one-day wonder back in 2007. Sadly, despite the best efforts of a who’s who among New York’s birding scene, the bird was not refound. Cassin’s Kingbird in New York State!
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
Sure, this is normal occurrence across much of Europe and southwest Asia but this particular tale comes from out on the east end of New York’s Long Island, in the town of Medford, where this happened to an unsuspecting non-birder, Celeste Rovner. Thanks to Derek Rogers for getting this story onto the New York State listserv.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2013
The first weekend in November will see birders from all over the Empire State descend on Long Island for the 66th Annual Meeting of the New York State Ornithological Association ( NYSOA ). Birding New York' So sign up ! Right now ! Don’t delay !
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 1, 2012
Oh, right, the South Nassau Christmas Bird Count was today and a huge number of New York City and Long Island birders take part in that count every year – and none of them were on their own territory anymore! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How did so many birders get to Point Lookout so quickly? Does it matter?
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 18, 2014
They were: Audubon’s Shearwater – This is the last regularly occurring shearwater in New York State that I had yet to ever lay eyes on. He reported it as such but the New York State Avian Records Committee decided that they couldn’t really rule out that it was a Zino’s Petrel. ” Yes!
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
MAY 12, 2012
That made me wonder why someone would put so much energy into a species that is regular in New York and not a lifer. As of Friday, 11 May, Anthony had already seen 283 species in New York State, a blistering and likely record-setting pace ( Richard Fried is the current record-holder with 352 species seen in 2011 ).
Critter News
APRIL 15, 2010
Live octopus are apparently being served LIVE in some New York restaurants. PETA is arguing that this practice violates New York's anti-cruelty laws. Tags: octopus New York animal cruelty restaurants PETA. Good grief! Octopus are highly intelligent creatures.not that ANY creature should suffer like this.
4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 9, 2011
Paco Sosa, New York City’s oldest dog, is the subject of a new film called Wolf Dog. Paco, who passed away last year, will be doing helping animals, even after his passing, through sharing his true story as an animal celebrity! When the film is finished, it will be used to support animal causes.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 19, 2015
We have had days of northwest winds in New York and the birds have taken full advantage of the favorable conditions to hightail it south. Though sparrows tend to be the main focus of mid-to-late October birding here in New York City there are still plenty of other birds to see like the Eastern Phoebe up above.
10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
But for some poorly (or not-at-all) understood reason, its spread across North America has shown a very northwesterly orientation, so while birders as far away from the epicenter of the North American introduction in Florida as British Columbia get to see Eurasian Collared-Doves regularly we New Yorkers and other northeasterners are deprived.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 5, 2012
That changed when I got on the computer and learned that a birder way up in northern New York, on the Tug Hill Plateau, had reported a heck of a bird coming to her feeder. Nancy Loomis had a Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch , New York’s second* record, and I was not going to miss this bird again. What a bird!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 28, 2011
What is there to say about a Mountain Bluebird , a bird of the west, of high elevation grasslands, of the Rocky Mountains, in New York State? What is there to say, that is, other than “Wow” as you head out the door to track it down?
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 7, 2013
My parents made the drive down to New York City to visit Daisy, Desi, and me in Queens on Sunday and I had a great plan for the day. In addition to my family I was also joined on the boat by Isaac Grant, who regular readers of this blog will recall as the birder doing a New York City big year. Whale-watching! More whales!
10,000 Birds
JUNE 13, 2016
On Sunday, 5 June, word of Jay McGowan finding a Gargeney at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in western New York State hit the listservs. The long ride back to New York City was uneventful but much more upbeat than it was after the Gray Kingbird dip. It was a nice trio of birds to top off an excellent day of birding.
10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2011
The New York Times blog, City Room, will be holding a “ Bird Week &# this week. The city’s avian equivalent of convention season is just around the corner: the second week in May marks the peak of spring bird migration in New York City, with the maximum numbers of species and individual birds passing through town.
10,000 Birds
MAY 12, 2015
New York, I can say with certainty that you have chosen the perfect bird to represent your state. Still, the bill passed in 1970 with only one voice in opposition: Assemblyman Posner of the Bronx, who pointed out that most New York City inhabitants had never seen an Eastern Bluebird, and probably never will.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 6, 2014
Daisy agreed to the outing because it was sunny and nice and Edgemere, once mosquito season is over, is actually a really nice place for a family outing what with the long view of the New York City skyline and the refreshing air blowing off the bay. Trips Edgemere New York City phoebes Queens rarities Say''s Phoebe'
10,000 Birds
APRIL 21, 2014
The Great Vly is wonderful wetland that straddles the border of Ulster and Green Counties in New York State’s Hudson Valley. I was surprised to find a singing House Wren this weekend, as it was my first of the year in New York. The other two were Pine Warbler and Palm Warbler , all expected early migrants.
10,000 Birds
MAY 9, 2016
Gray Kingbirds are rarely seen in New York State and when they are they usually are only seen by the person or people who find them or those in the immediate vicinity. The long drive back to New York was filled by more lousy, incidental eBird checklists, more fast food, and more road kill.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2016
What is the best bird you’ve seen in New York State and why has it stayed in your memory? This is the question I posed to 10,000 Birds readers in celebration of Corey’s first book, the ABA Field Guide to Birds of New York (by Corey Finger, author, and Brian E. So, I treasure every sighting. Or a sequel.)
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
Around about the middle of last week there were various and sundry birders from the great state of New York spending a seemingly inordinate amount of time paying attention to the weekend weather forecasts, particularly those that pertained to the marine forecast. … Trips New York pelagic pelagic birding'
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2015
But I can’t resist getting out to sea and trips organized by Sea Life Paulagics out of Freeport, New York, don’t happen more than a few times a year so I had to go for it. … Trips New York pelagic pelagic birding winter' ducks at dawn. Sign up and join the fun…I promise not to puke on you.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 9, 2018
To get there we would need to get out of New York, through New Jersey into Delaware, and then on through Maryland and Virginia until finally reaching our destination. We broke the drive down into two segments: from New York to Delaware on 31 March and from Delaware to North Carolina on 1 April.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2013
The first weekend in November will see birders from all over the Empire State descend on Long Island for the 66th Annual Meeting of the New York State Ornithological Association ( NYSOA ). Birding New York' And this is only a taste of what will be happening in a bird-and-birding-full weekend! So sign up ! Right now !
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 28, 2011
It was an insane morning of birding and I haven’t even mentioned the Sandwich Tern that would normally have been the highlight of a day’s birding in New York that was just hanging out on the spit at Jones Beach. Yeah, I didn’t think I had but we spotted one of those too.
10,000 Birds
JULY 8, 2013
The next day many New York birders celebrated Independence Day by mobbing the flats where they all dipped. The fact that I was obsessing over seeing one in New York State shows how absurd some of we listers are. But those birds didn’t count for my New York State list so I had to see this particular tern!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 10, 2014
This past Saturday, 8 March, was perhaps the nicest day of 2014 so far in New York. It really has been a great winter to see both species in New York. Ross’s Goose in Southold, New York. Pink-footed Goose at Merritt’s Pond, Riverhead, New York.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2012
After a Tufted Duck was reported yesterday on Long Island I did some figuring and realized that I could go find the bird this morning before work and still, provided traffic wasn’t totally horrific, get to work in New Jersey on time. So I headed out to Huntington Harbor, ran into Anthony Collerton, and eventually found the bird.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 27, 2013
After our nature walk we had lunch, and while eating lunch more reports of the phoebe, which is a species I had never seen before in New York State, were coming in over email. Say’s Phoebe Sayornis saya in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
When you are a New York City-based birder that is pretty pleased with the amount of boxes ticked off on your New York State checklist you would normally want a rarity that you have not seen in the state to show up within an hour drive of your home. And I even got to work on time! … a.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 23, 2015
When I heard back on 12 November that a Harris’s Sparrow was frequenting a feeder in Loudonville, New York, up where I learned to be a birder, in Albany County, I really wanted to go on the twitch. Ain’t nothin’ wrong with appreciating a Pileated Woodpecker.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2017
Now, those of you familiar with my tendency to chase birds in New York and knowledgeable of the spate of Great Gray Owls we have had in 2017 might question why it took me to nearly the end of March to make a trip upstate to see one. Desi was game and that convinced Daisy.
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