Some of Great Britain’s most cherished seabirds just got an added layer of protection. Officials designated 12 miles along the coast of Northumberland as...
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In June, I go to Nickerson Beach, a place of nesting Common Terns, American Oystercatchers, Piping Plovers, and, later in the summer, Black Skimmers. Nickerson...
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Nickerson Beach is an amazing place to visit when the breeding birds are back. Though it is an active beach at which people fish,...
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Nickerson Beach, Nassau County, New York, July 2011 Common Terns nest in colonies. The sheer number of birds packed together offer some protection to...
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Birds make other birds. This is a simple fact of life. Birders watch birds. This too is a simple fact. Sometimes birders watch birds...
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There are foods that are not easy for the uninitiated to eat. Pomegranate is one, especially if you don’t realize that the seeds are...
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I could watch terns all day long. Flying, hunting, calling, preening, or just sitting around, I find terns fascinating. It just seems so improbable...
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