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Answer to the Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens

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There has been one for the last couple winters at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, but I don’t think anyone has gotten as close to it as I got to the one at the Queens Zoo. Mallard Complexity About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Finishing the cattle on grass is a far “greener” method. Fraser Jamaica Plain, Mass., Many of the beef industry’s problems result from feedlots that consume tremendous amounts of grain and that pour out huge sloughs of waste. The other problem with meat consumption is proportion. Andrew Rimas Evan D.

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Collaborative list – June 2019

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Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh.

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Birding the Holiday Inn Resort, Montego Bay, Jamaica

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Over President’s Day weekend my family and I took a much-needed break in Jamaica. ” Fortunately for my edification, the eBird reviewer was nice enough to write me an email to let me know that in Jamaica the House Sparrow “is only expected at the Kingston airport, in downtown Ocho Rios, and at the Montego Bay Holiday Inn.”

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Collaborative List – January 2019

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Jamaica Bay, South Shore. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay, South Shore. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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Collaborative list – December 2019

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Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–West Pond. UG-Kisoro-Lake Mburo National Park (-0.5318,31.0163). 04 Dec 2019. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. 02 Dec 2019.

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Collaborative list – January 2020

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Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Lago de Cuitzeo. 01 Jan 2020. Tricolored Heron – Egretta tricolor. Lago de Cuitzeo. 01 Jan 2020. 17 Jan 2020.

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