I was recently reading a rather vitriolic comment thread on a blog post related to...
Duncan let me know about this fascinating article from The New York Times Magazine about...
Anhinga, otherwise known as Snakebird, Water Turkey, or American Darter* – and more formally as...
At the end of a half-morning’s birding I stopped at the south end of the...
Queens, NY, March 2010 For some reason, maybe because of the heroic effort I have...
Now is the time to take one last look at the birds that have gotten...
Manhattan, April 2010 In the busiest and most developed borough of New York City, Manhattan,...
The data seems mixed. Jim McCormac has a good rundown and some theories.
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