10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2014

Every spring they totally steal the show in the northeast and you really can’t blame birders for abandoning their jobs, their families, and their sanity as they rush to New York City’s abundant and amazing parks to see the show live and in technicolor. … Birds migration New York City wood-warblers'

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AUGUST 6, 2024

Having been to New York City on many occasions, I had never had the opportunity to visit Central Park, all of my trips over the years were short, busy business trips. On this particular occasion, it would be different, I am now retired and my wife and I would be vacationing in NY, with no work commitments.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

The big Snowy Owl irruption this year has finally reached New York City with the sighting of a single bird on Hoffman Island. When will one show up in Queens already?

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APRIL 18, 2012

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY, April 2010 Everyone knows that New York City is an extremely expensive place to live. If one is lucky enough to find a place that one likes one must often pay in rent per month what would easily be a mortgage payment in a more sane part of the country.

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MARCH 26, 2012

in the wilds of New York City O.K., Richmond County, one of New York City’s five boroughs. You’re probably incredulous that a new species of frog has been discovered in New York City. So, yes, there are wilds in New York City, and a unique frog.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2015

Unfortunately, this has been a very dry spring in New York City so, as you can see in the photos above, intrepid Queens birders have made makeshift bird baths to take the place of what is normally a vernal pool. That’s just nuts!

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2011

This spring has been rather lousy so far. Like, really lousy. Like, really cold, really wet, really windy, and almost completely lacking in days off work. Of course, that is just my perspective and I have been known to think that birds that don’t show up until May are late if they aren’t here by mid-April.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2014

Such was the sad fate of a New York City veterinarian who refused to release a stray cat she treated back to a feral cat freak who planned to release the cat back into a feral cat colony. News cats New York City' She was cyber-bullied, her business was destroyed, and she took her own life.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

This is the third fall migration for which Kings County Brewers Collective has brewed Safe Flight IPA to benefit New York City Audubon’s Project Safe Flight.

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MARCH 14, 2012

The New York Times has the story of this most improbable of discoveries.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

At least that’s where I added this species to my New York list. Corey went for a walk at Jamaica Bay with his family on Saturday evening, after the rain had stopped in New York City and went out again, alone, on Sunday morning before the rain picked back up.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

And, for those of you who live in or near New York City or are visiting here this coming weekend, we are hosting what is undoubtedly going to be the largest mass action about climate change in history. Don’t be afraid of joining a large march in New York City, even if you have never been involved in activism before.

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JUNE 7, 2021

We spent the bulk of May in New York City with virtually no rain at all so recent rainstorms have filled up long dry puddles and left them irresistible to a variety of birds. Jochen knows why I thought it was important to share this Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Big Egg Marsh. With a reflection in this image too!

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10,000 Birds

JULY 12, 2020

While birders were out birding the coast of Queens on Friday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay hit New York City, Corey was stuck working. If you spend any time in the NYC Metro area, you know what I mean! He missed Brown Pelicans , a Brown Booby , and dozens of Great Shearwaters.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Of those he did see, he most enjoyed the flyover Pileated Woodpecker in his hometown, a treat for a resident of New York City, and Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend. Corey enjoyed his weekend at his parents’ house in the Hudson Valley though he didn’t see too many birds. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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JULY 26, 2020

The stifling temperatures of a New York City heat wave did what even the height of the COVID epidemic failed to do: they prevented Corey from doing a single dedicated birding outing this weekend.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Perhaps most known throughout New York City for mafia ties and a couple of hate crimes against African-Americans, Howard Beach was devastated by Hurricane Sandy. For most residents of the five boroughs, parrots are an anomalous sight in New York City.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Corey enjoyed a foul-weather seawatch on Saturday morning and birded a couple of locations Sunday morning before leading a walk for New York City Audubon in Forest Park. Luckily, while White-winged Scoter may be common around here in winter, it’s never boring.

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JULY 23, 2014

It was just nice seeing a species of pigeon or dove other than Rock Pigeon or Mourning Dove in New York City. Here’s hoping that this bird finds a mate and a new colony of Eurasian Collared-Doves starts in New York City! Try to tell me this bird isn’t gorgeous!

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OCTOBER 31, 2014

Almost every year there are a few birds that stick around at Bryant Park long after they are gone from the rest of the New York City area. But I think I’ll be able to find time to stop at Bryant Park again on Monday morning… Trips Bryant Park Manhattan New York City' Ovenbird in Bryant Park.

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MARCH 23, 2012

Manhattan, April 2010 In the busiest and most developed borough of New York City, Manhattan, which is what most tourists think of when they think of New York City (if they are thinking at all), the signs of spring are sometimes subtle, but most are, like much of Manhattan, in your face.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Corey thoroughly enjoyed birding around Queens on both Saturday and Sunday mornings, hitting some of his favorite hotspots and leading a New York City Audubon Society trip at the Queens Botanical Garden.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

This morning a plane taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City hit a bird , which caused engine failure. This is after two years of geese killings in New York City , ostensibly to thin the flocks and protect civilian aviation. The plane landed safely and no one was hurt.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Corey had a lot of birds to choose from for his Best Bird of the Weekend after spending most of Saturday birding on Long Island and Sunday morning leading his New York City Audubon bird walk at Queens Botanical Garden.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2015

Over the last five or six years, Common Ravens have been sighted with increasing frequency in New York City, part of a resurgence throughout the Northeast after more than a century of regional extirpation. They’ve also recently nested in the Bronx and nearby in New Jersey. But let’s back up for a minute.

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MARCH 30, 2020

New York City is the hottest of hot spots, and not in the fun, eBird meaning of the term but in the “holy moly our health system is going to collapse” meaning of the term. I am a birder living in the epicenter of the epicenter of COVID-19 right now.

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OCTOBER 6, 2014

Daisy agreed to the outing because it was sunny and nice and Edgemere, once mosquito season is over, is actually a really nice place for a family outing what with the long view of the New York City skyline and the refreshing air blowing off the bay. Trips Edgemere New York City phoebes Queens rarities Say''s Phoebe'

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JULY 19, 2021

He noted that this new bird had longer bills and “darker loral and auricular regions” than the mainland Brown-headed Nuthatch, and collected two of them for science. He gave one to his home institution, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and the other to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

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JULY 21, 2019

Corey enjoyed a weekend upstate in his hometown, beating the heat that baked New York City. Northern Mockingbirds , for example, are charming any time of year but abundant right now in my part of the world.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

The ABA has made an effort to diversify both its membership and birding generally, particularly after the incident involving Christian Cooper in Central Park in New York City. In addition to other benefits, expanding the ABA Area into the Caribbean would be a step towards diversifying the ABA.

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JULY 5, 2022

“Bird-friendly design” is becoming a common term in architectural and city planning circles and proponents can point to a successful initiative, the retrofitting of New York City’s Javits Center which reduced bird deaths by 90%. ’s Lights Out DC, to name a few.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Corey did not have a plethora of pleasing species from which to choose his Best Bird of the Weekend this weekend but he supposed that the American Kestrel that perched up for the New York City Audubon field trip he led at Queens Botanic Garden on Sunday morning will have to suffice. How about you?

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OCTOBER 20, 2019

His Best Bird of the Weekend was a young Red-tailed Hawk that landed close by the beginner bird walk he was leading at the Queens Botanical Garden for New York City Audubon. Any time a predator stays still for everyone to get a scope look is wonderful!

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Each chapter of Clavreul’s book covers his revisitation of one of these extended Audubon trips, with a final chapter covering New York City, where Audubon first set foot on American soil, in 1803. (His

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 25, 2019

Corey will continue to set the 2019 pace for New York City birders by finding birds everywhere. Luckily, we won’t be frozen forever, and we still have birds! I’m hoping for a break in the snow to chase Rough-legged Hawks , but I suspect the snow has other ideas. How about you? Share your plans in the comments below.

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JANUARY 13, 2019

Corey enjoyed leading a New York City Audubon bird walk at Forest Park on Saturday morning and visiting Breezy Point on Sunday. Frigid temps and icy conditions couldn’t keep me from chasing down at least one of the Red-Headed Woodpeckers hanging around Durand Eastman Park.

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2019 New York City New York Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

One of the rites of passage I underwent as a birder following my move from New York City to upstate New York was my first winter excursion to the rolling, snow-covered grasslands north of Albany to look for Short-eared Owls ( Asio flammeus ).

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