I spent this weekend at my parents’ house in my hometown of Saugerties, New York, which is nestled nicely between the Catskill Mountains and...
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“Peek!” Plunk. “Peek!” Plop. “Peek!” Plip. These were the sounds I heard as I walked around a small pond in Amherst, Massachusetts last week,...
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On a recent walk around Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge I took the following picture. Why is it interesting? Give up? What if I give...
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Seth Ausubel is one of the best birders in Queens and when he is not out birding he is often in pursuit of herpetological...
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The New York Times has the story of this most improbable of discoveries.
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Puerto Rico is home to a huge range of important and threatened animals and plants, and we’re very grateful to Alberto López-Torres for this...
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Recent visits to Jamaica Bay, in addition to providing a wealth of bird sightings, have allowed me to see some Gray Tree Frogs (Hyla...
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It’s not easy being green…or so sang Kermit the Frog. It is easy though, to identify the frogs that you encounter while you’re out...
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