10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2013

Another new Queens bird for Corey!) Isaac Grant, who is doing a New York City big year and was on the boat as well, was just as relieved to get the bird within New York City’s boundaries. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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New York City 2013 Nashville New York 180

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. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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2020 New York City Rodents New York 194

10,000 Birds

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. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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2020 New York City New York Woodpeckers 186

10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2012

Though birds sing because it is a biological imperative I find it hard to believe that they don’t get some basic enjoyment out of the experience as well. I would add a third – for the sheer joy of it! I know I do!

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New York City Birds New York Breeding 197

10,000 Birds

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. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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2020 New York City New York Birds 178

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2015

It was an exciting experience to see this heron going about its business from close range, close enough that I could hear the crabs being crushed. The Marine Nature Study Area is well worth a visit and I highly recommend that birders coming to the New York City area stop by.

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New York City New York Hunting Sparrows 233

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2014

It is the first record of this invasive species for New York City and it served as a nice contrast to the hordes of pigeons in the neighborhood. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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New York City 2014 Breeders Virginia 177

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2011

It was a gusty weekend in New York City and environs, with fall finally feeling like fall is supposed to feel. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Sparrows have almost completely taken over for wood-warblers and temperatures are finally waning as is only proper.

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Costa Rica Atlanta New York City 2011 195

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

This weekend was great one for migration in the New York City region and a host of birds made their way in front of his binoculars. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was difficult to choose. Birding best bird weekend'

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New York City 2013 Fox New York 169

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2017

He thinks spring starts with his first migratory Eastern Phoebe of the year so for Corey spring started yesterday, though that might be hard to reconcile with blizzard predicted in New York City tonight and into tomorrow! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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New York City 2017 North America New York 164

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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Owls New York New York City Cuba 247

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2012

David Ringer , who recently moved to New York City, spotted it and was immediately confused by the jubilation this common bird caused in the Queens birders with whom he was birding. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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New York City Michigan 2012 New York 174

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2015

humidity so thick you can practically swim through the air, and the sweet stench of urine in the New York City subway all combine to make life miserable. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience or shared photos online, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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New York City 2015 United States New York 164

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2012

Corey didn’t get out birding at all this weekend because he instead was squiring his nieces around New York City. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. A visit to the South Street Seaport did enable to see a few birds on the East River, among them a Common Tern.

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New York City 2012 Chickens New York 174

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2013

After all, when the president is in town you want to pull out all the stops, though I think I might have taken it too far when I tried to convince him that the cicadas had emerged only after hearing that he would be in New York City. The sound of so many cicadas is just awesome, as is the sight of so many cicadas.

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Mississippi Brazil New York City New York 179

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2019

Corey enjoyed a weekend upstate in his hometown, beating the heat that baked New York City. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Northern Mockingbirds , for example, are charming any time of year but abundant right now in my part of the world.

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2019 New York City Virginia New York 159

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Corey had a huge number of birds to choose from this weekend as northwest winds were continuous through New York City all weekend long. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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New York City 2015 New York Sparrows 150

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2017

He had better luck on Sunday, seeing a host of autumn migrants including his Best Bird of the Weekend, an Orange-crowned Warbler at the Queens Botanical Garden that he spotted just before the New York City Audubon bird walk he led. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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New York City 2017 New York Birds 157

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2013

His best bird, however, was a bit of a surprise – a Winter Wren in Queens on Friday, a very late bird for New York City. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. If only we could recognize birds as individuals! What was your best bird of the weekend?

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New York City 2013 New York Birds 165

10,000 Birds

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. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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2019 New York City New York Birds 143

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2015

I had racked up only twenty-odd species, all of which I’d have to be blindfolded to not see if I spent a year in New York City. On the whole, though, I had a lovely experience with the Naturas, and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them to anyone who is looking for binoculars long on brightness and short on neck pain.

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New York City Squirrels Bears Owls 161

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2013

I thought of this experience as I read Still the Same Hawk , a collection of twelve essays about nature and New York City, edited by John Waldman. Not surprisingly, I found the most compelling essays were those by people who had had similar experiences to mine.

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New York New York City 2013 Collecting 119

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

Enjoying these locations over time allows us to experience our beloved birding sites in all their multifaceted glory, even when those facets aren’t exactly glorious. Corey did not see a ton of birds this weekend as he didn’t want to deal too much with the rainy weather that plagued New York City.

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2018 Ponies New York City Tennessee 124

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Obviously, your experience may have diverged from the norm. 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. How did it go for you? My consolation prize was a large raft of American Coots.

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2019 New York City New York Birds 123

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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2018 New York City New York Birds 124

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

The birds are instantly recognizable to anyone who’s birded New York City: Mourning Dove, Rock Pigeon, Cedar Waxwing, Brown-headed Cowbird, American Robin, House Sparrow, European Starling. And, the young girl, Ruby, is a unique individual–a girl with too much energy for a city apartment.

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New York City Pelicans Penguins New York 178

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

It has now returned to seek revenge and wreak havoc in Ontario county before moving on to New York City. But after repeated good experiences with birders as individuals, Mr Jordan has consented to allow the bird to be made public before it leaves. Why so serious, Corey? Mwahahahahaaaaar!

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New York Woodpeckers Jordan 2011 223

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

There are owls in New York City. The two stories about New York City are personal favorites, of course. Big owls: Barred Owls on Riverside Drive and down the path from Harlem Meer, a Great Horned Owl in Central Park’s Ramble.

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New York City Fox Owls California Condor 223

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

It was in the great borough of Queens in New York City that I first discovered both beer and birding, two great loves of my life that happily intersect with great regularity here at Birds and Booze. We were fans of the Dominican lager El Presidente (mostly on account of the cool name) and Guinness was always a favorite.

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Poland Detroit New York City Eagles 160

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Corey, on the other hand, had a wonderful weekend of fall birding whether it was doing a survey at Edgemere Landfill in the rain and wind on Saturday morning or leading a New York City Audubon field trip at the Queens Botanical Garden on Sunday. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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2018 New York City New York Birds 115

10,000 Birds

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. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Fortunately, I was able to spot one extremely quiet and still bird… I think it was frozen!

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2019 New York City New York Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

I found myself in a beautiful part of New York that was so remote that birds apparently couldn’t find it. Corey was pleased to enjoy another lovely autumn weekend in New York City. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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2018 New York City New York Jamaica 115

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2018

I enjoyed a very birdy weekend with all sorts of expected New York and Pennsylvania fall faves and one rare Wilson’s Phalarope to pad my year list. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. ” How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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2018 New York City Pennsylvania New York 115

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

The book is organized into ten chapters, framed by a Prologue and Epilogue focused on Weidensaul’s banding experience in Denali National Park. His participant observations connect to his own research experiences, providing history and perspective. Weidensaul traveled to each location to witness the research in process.

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Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 264

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 7, 2013

Working with Animal Care and Control has been a fantastic experience for us. As the only organization in New York City whose doors are open to any animal in need, AC&C rescues thousands of New York’s homeless, neglected, abused and abandoned animals each year. They are New York’s Kindest.”

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New York City Homelessness Adopt Cat Adoptable 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2016

I didn’t wander far from home this weekend, but luckily a ton of new birds came to me. Corey endured a dreary and drizzly weekend in New York City with only a few good birds to help pass the time. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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New York City 2016 New York Sparrows 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

New York City apartments don’t allow feeders to be hung from fire escapes (though I know certain birders that skirt that rule), and it wasn’t until I had already been birding for four-and-a-half years that I obtained a small yard in central New Jersey in which I could place a feeder or two or three.

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New York City Birds Squirrels Woodpeckers 189