Regular readers here know of my dedication to all things related to birds and Queens, the best borough in New York City. The Queens Christmas Bird Count is coming up in six days, on Sunday, 19 December, and we need more birders! If you are interested in joining in please contact Ian Resnick, the Queens CBC compiler, at (718) 631-9643. We also have a planning session at the next Queens County Bird Club meeting this coming Wednesday, 15 December, at 8 PM at the Alley Pond Environmental Center.
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy and Desmond Shearwater. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.
Corey, have you learned how to identify Christmas Birds for your count?
If not, this might help:
http://belltowerbirding.blogspot.com/2006/12/getting-prepared-for-my-first-ever-cbc.html
And remember to NOT count anything else but Christmas Birds:
http://belltowerbirding.blogspot.com/2006/12/cbc-last-saturday.html
Cheers!
Jochen, this is Queens, the most diverse borough in NYC. We identify Christmas partidges, Hannukah hawks, Muslim mimids, and Atheist aythyas.