Though they have a world-wide distribution and can be found on every continent except Antarctica, Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia is a bird that is not often spotted...
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One of the benefits of working for a union that represents workers all over the state of New Jersey is that on occasion I...
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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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A couple of weeks ago I posted a series of pictures of what I called “Ratty Summer Gulls” – gulls that are just plain...
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Until recently I had only ever seen a single Sandwich Tern. It was back in July of 2009, the day that I saw more...
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On a recent all-too-brief visit to that Mecca of birding in my home borough I was doing my best to get some good flight...
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A big bruiser of a bird, the Glaucous Gull is nothing if not bulky. It sometimes looks like a gull built from a child’s...
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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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